Karachi (Pakistan)
An attack occurred on Monday in the largest city and financial capital of Pakistan. The human toll of the incident is unknown at this stage.
Armed men launched an attack on the Stock Exchange of Karachi (South), the largest city and financial capital of Pakistan, on Monday, we learned from the police, the human toll of the incident being unknown at this stage. .
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“An unknown number of attackers are inside or around the stock exchange. The shooting continues, “a police spokesman, who declined to be named, told AFP.
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“Four attackers were killed,” Ghulam Nabi Memon, a police official, told AFP that the situation is now under control.
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“For now, the shooting has stopped,” said a manager of the financial establishment to AFP.
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Sharp drop in violence
The attack on the Karachi Stock Exchange comes ten days after a grenade was thrown in a queue outside a welfare office, killing one person and injuring eight others. No group had claimed responsibility for the attack.
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After a bloody decade, during which the attacks were daily, violence has dropped very sharply in Pakistan. Such attacks are the exception when they were previously the norm.
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The port city of Karachi, which for years has been hit by heavy crime, is now much safer after the territory is taken over by the security forces.
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