Karachi: A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a pickup truck laden with 180 kg of explosives into the headquarters of the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers here on Thursday, leaving at least four people dead and 28 others injured.
The attacker slammed the truck into the gate of the Pakistan Rangers office in the heavily-populated North Nazimabad area of Karachi at about 7 am.
The impact of the blast was such that a two-storey building inside the Rangers headquarters in North Nazimabad area of Karachi was razed to the ground.
Apart from the suicide bomber, three Rangers personnel on duty at the gate were killed in the attack, which also left 28 others injured, officials said.
The suicide attack took place as people were waking up and getting ready for office. The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack, Geo News reported. A Rangers spokesman said at least 22 personnel of the para-military force were among 28 people injured in the bomb attack.
Leghari said police had been alerted by intelligence agencies about possible attacks by terrorists to destabilise Karachi though there was no information about specific targets. Television channels reported that a suspicious person was also arrested from the vicinity of the Rangers headquarters soon after the blast. Witnesses said the suicide bomber’s truck was carrying vegetables. (PTI)