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Militant Rams Explosives Vehicle Into Pakistan Rangers Headquarters in Karachi
Abc News reported a vehicle-borne attack on the paramilitary headquarters in Karachi on Saturday that killed three troops and at least three militants. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility amid a recent rise in such assaults.
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A militant drove an explosives-laden vehicle into the provincial headquarters of the Pakistan Rangers in Karachi on Saturday, triggering an exchange of gunfire with security forces, Abc News reported. Ambulances arrived at the site in the capital of southern Sindh province as forces responded.
Local media cited by Abc News said three troops and at least three militants died in the attack and shootout.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a little-known militant group, claimed responsibility. Pakistan has seen a surge in militant attacks on police and security forces in recent years, Abc News reported. Authorities have attributed most of the violence to the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, and allied groups.
The TTP operates separately from the Afghan Taliban but maintains an alliance with the group, which returned to power in neighboring Afghanistan in 2021, according to Abc News.
