Four people including two policemen were killed while 14 others were injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police official at Malir Halt area of Karachi on Thursday, Pakistan's (Geo) News reported. 

The banned outfit Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility of the attack. According to police sources, a bomber rammed an explosives-laded motorbike into a police Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) at Malir Halt. 

"The attack was against me. I was moving with my squad in Malir Halt district when the explosion took place. I am unhurt, but some of my men have been injured," Rao Anwar, Senior Superintendent Police in Malir said while talking to Geo News correspondent. He claimed to have been threatened for a month by "unknown terrorists". 

"It was a suicide attack," police official Tahir Naveed said. "The attacker was killed in the blast and the body in the hospital is suspected to be his," he added. Rescue teams reached the spot and kicked off relief efforts while police and Rangers cordoned off the area. earlier in on Thursday, 6-8 unidentified armed men gunned down three policemen including an Assistant Sub Inspector at Pir Illahi Bux (PIB) Colony. They intercepted the police mobile SP-0461 and opened fired on the patrolling party. 

The incident created panic in PIB colony as markets and other business activates were closed down.
 

Source: BNA