KARACHI: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rao Anwar survived a botched suicide attack in Malir area on Tuesday, police officials said.
According to details, at least two suicide attackers tried to blow themselves near the vehicle carrying the Malir SSP, but got killed in retaliatory fire by policemen travelling in the convoy.
Officials said SSP Anwar remained unhurt in the attack, but the four policemen accompanying him received gunshot wounds in the trade of fire.
The convoy came under attack when the senior official was heading towards his home in Malir Cantt, they added.
Later, talking to media persons, Anwar said that one attacker collided with the APC travelling in front of the convoy and blew himself. “Policemen exchanged fire with other attackers, killing two of them, while few others were seen fleeing from the scene,” he added.
It is said that Anwar was moving in an armoured vehicle due to the existing security threats.
SSP Rao Anwar survived an attack in 2015 during which assailants hurled grenades and opened fire on his convoy while the police officer was returning home from the residence of slain DSP Fateh Muhammad Sangi.
Rao Anwar, called the ‘encounter specialist’ by some, is known for carrying out ‘encounters’ of controversial nature against outlaws and has claimed in the past to have killed militants belonging to various terrorist organisations and the then-Mohajir Qaumi Movement activists during his raids.
The majority of such cases remained unquestioned, apart from the few where the families of those shot dead moved the court.
This is a developing story…
