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Hand-grendades, bombs replace bullets in Karachi
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Hardly a day passes in Karachi when 10 to 12 people are not killed. Even the holy month of Ramadan failed to put an end to bloodshed in the city. The situation has deteriorated to the extent that now bullets have been replaced by hand-grenades and planted bombs. Key places have become the target of latest violence besides police and Rangers. During the last two weeks terrorists attacked one dozen various places in the city; their aim was to convey a message to the citizens, business circles and important personalities. However, as usual the police have failed to arreste even a single criminal.

In a hand-grenade attack near the NIPA Chowrangi on July 27 a man was injured and at least three vehicles were damaged when unidentified men hurled a hand-grenade at the Chase Departmental Store near the NIPA Chowrangi on Friday night. The attack spread panic in Gulshan-e-Iqbal. Rangers and police arrived at the scene after the attack to collect evidence. Bomb Disposal Squad was also called in to check for more explosives. District West DIG Shahid Hayat told Pulse that two men on a motorcycle threw a hand grenade in the car parking of the departmental store. He claimed that the police had information about the criminals as they had apprehended two of them. On July 23, a Rangers official and a security guard were injured when a vehicle parked near the Chinese consulate in the Clifton area was blown up.

The area, where the blast took place, is crammed with embassies and consulates where security is always on high alert. According to details, unidentified culprits parked a motorcycle fitted with explosives in the parking area of Pakistan Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management right next to the Chinese consulate. The area lies within the precincts of Boat Basin Police Station. Following the explosion, a heavy contingent of law-enforcement agencies, including Crime Investigation Department (CID) and the Special Investigation Unit (SIU), were called at the blast site, while a Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) also reached the site and collected evidence. A car and three motorcycles were also damaged in the blast. Clifton SP Dr Farrukh said Rangers personnel tried to intercept a suspected man while he was parking a motorcycle, but he managed to escape. Two people, a Rangers official and a security guard of a nearby house were injured in the blast.

A BDS official told Pulse that a time device was used to detonate the bomb. He said ball bearings were not used in the explosion unlike in other recent blasts in the metropolis. He said about one kilogramme explosive material was used in the bomb and it was not a remote-controlled device but a time device. The miscreants have attacked law-enforcement agencies personnel five times in the last two weeks. On July 20, the police managed to defuse a 13kg bomb planted near Safura Chowrangi on University Road.

The bomb, placed inside a cemented block, was planted near a school. Upon being alerted by the school’s gatekeeper, the police and bomb disposal squad (BDS) reached the scene and defused the bomb. According to the BDS officials, the bomb contained around 13kg of explosives as well as ball bearings. The bomb also had a detonator, signifying that it was remote-controlled. Earlier, in a similar incident the BDS managed to disarm a bomb placed in an empty plot on the Super Highway near the the Rangers’ Sachal Wing headquarters. The bomb carried 12 kilograms of explosives as well as ball bearings and was made in an oil canister.

On July 19, a police station came under attack within Karachi when unknown assailants hurled a grenade at the police station. The police station is situated within Rais Amrohi Colony of the Orangi Town. According to police officials, the grenade damaged the building but no casualties or injuries were reported as a result of the incident. Senior Superintendent of Police–West stated that the incident occurred following the arrest of a drug peddler from the affected area. “The grenade attack may have occurred as a consequence of the drug dealer’s arrest,” said SSP West

On July 18, a blast near a Rangers patrol vehicle in Quaidabad area of Karachi left one official dead and four critically injured. The van was deployed on patrol duty along one of the walls of Gul Ahmed Textile residential apartments around Dawood Chowrangi when an explosive device hidden among plants on the roadside detonated. According to initial reports, the device was placed by unknown persons before the van was deployed there. The blast severely damaged the van, forming a crater around the blast site, approximately 2.5 feet deep and at least 9 feet wide, suggesting that a lot of explosive material was used.

On July 11, an explosion ripped through a bus carrying the employees of Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), killing two and injuring more than 20 of them. The incident took place in Karachi’s Mawach Goth locality where the blast occurred near a bus, carrying 40 SUPARCO employees at around 4.45 pm, SSP Amir Farooqi said. Police said the bus was completely damaged. Officials first declared it a cylinder blast but later confirmed that it was remote-controlled blast. “The bomb was concealed in a bicycle near the bus and detonated through a remote control device,” a Bomb Disposal Squad official said.

Gang wars attack each other with hand-grenades in Layari to scare traders. They used to lob hand grenades in the past; however, now the use of hand-grenades against law-enforcers has rung sirens for not only the law enforcers, but also the common citizens. The operational systems of police and Rangers to stop crime activities in Karachi are quite different. In Karachi three battalions of Rangers namely Sachal Rangers, Bhittai Rangers and Abdullah Shah Ghazi Rangers are working. It is a test for law-enforcers to find out those involved in these activities and decipher what sort of message they want to give.

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