A loud blast targeting a Rangers mobile near Qalandria Chowk in North Nazimabad killed two paramilitary officials and injured another on Friday in a suicide bomb attack by outlawed AhleSunnat Wal Jamaat and Taliban terrorists.
Three Rangers personnel were injured in the blast. Two officials succumbed to their injuries on the way to the hospital. The deceased officials have been identified as Qasim and Yaar Mohammad.
SP Gulberg has confirmed that it was a suicide blast targeting Rangers mobile.
Two civilians were also injured in the blast identified as Akram and Syeda.
The intensity of the blast has not yet been confirmed, but the explosion was so loud that it was heard in far-reaching areas of North Nazimabad and F B Area, reported DawnNews.
Earlier today, two Bohri Muslim worshiper were martyred in an explosion that took place after Friday prayers outside the Saleh Mosque for the Bohra community, close to Pakistan Chowk.
Rangers have been the target of such attacks in the past. In November 2014, an explosion targeting a Rangers vehicle in Karachi's Baldia Town Sector Four injured four people.
In May 2014, an attack on the Rangers HQ in Karachi resulted in the injuries of at least five Rangers personnel.
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