KARACHI (HRNW) Panic and fear gripped Karachi’s II Chundrigar after four suspected terrorists tried to storm into the Pakistan Stock Exchange building Monday morning. All terrorists have been killed.
One police officer and two security guards were martyred in the attack, said the spokesperson of the Karachi police. Three policemen, two security guards and a stock exchange employee have been injured and shifted to a hospital.
According to the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Accident Emergency and Trauma Centre, a total of seven bodies and eight injured people were brought to the hospital. All of these people were men.
The police said that two men came in a car near the building’s entry point and tried to enter it. They, however, were stopped by the security guards after which the suspects threw a hand grenade at them and opened fire.
A picture of a car parked outside the entrance of the Pakistan Stock Exchange. The terror suspects reportedly tried to enter the building in this car.
“In the morning, some armed terrorists tried to attack the Pakistan Stock Exchange building,” said Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah in a video statement. “They tried to enter the building through the parking lot but they were stopped by the security agencies.” The masterminds of the attack will be arrested soon, he added.
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