A suicide blast in the Old Sabzi Mandi area of Karachi killed police official Shafiq Tanoli and three others and also wounded 15 others including Tanoli’s three guards,” senior local police official Tanvir Ahmad Tunio told the media.
He said Tanoli was the target. A local senior police official, Raja Umar Khitab, confirmed that it was suicide attack. The bomber came walking in the shop and blew himself up,” he added. Tanoli’s uncle and cousin were among the deceased as well.
The police inspector has been targeted at least seven times before.
Police has claimed to have recovered head of an alleged suicide bomber who killed police officer Shafiq Tanoli and four others in Karachi earlier today.
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