Pakistan police averted major terror attack in karachi

Karachi: Pakistan police on Monday claimed to have thwarted a major terror plot to attack the Muharram processions in Karachi.

Acting on creditable information, police team raided a house in Manghopir area where they were engaged in a gunfight by a terrorist, Inspector General, Sindh, Fayyaz Leghari told reporters.

Leghari said further investigations were being carried out in the matter.

Some suspects might have escaped and they could be behind the Abbas Town bombing which killed two people last week, the police official said.

Security was on high alert for the Muharram and Ashura processions in Karachi as around 40,000 police and paramilitary rangers patrolled the city.

Late last night, police had recovered and disarmed a bomb found near Safora Goth area on a road which is usually used for Muharram processions.

Taliban is involved in Karachi unrest, he said adding, these are not the activities of any political party activists.