Karachi Terror Attack : 47 Persons Killed As Gunmen Fire At Bus

13 May, Karachi

At least 47 persons were killed and 13 injured when unidentified armed persons opened indiscriminate fire on a community bus in Safora Goth area of the Karachi city Wednesday. Hospital sources have so far confirmed that the dead included 25 men and 16 women.

Sindh Police Inspector General Ghulam Haider Jamali said that 60 people were on board the bus when six gunmen entered and executed 43 passengers. The armed men used 9 mm pistols in the massacre.

The attackers managed to successfully flee after the attack. Police and Rangers have surrounded and cordoned off the area while dead bodies and injured have been shifted to nearby hospitals.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has suspended the SSP and SHO of the area and he has sought an immediate report from IG Sindh in this regard. The bus belongs to the Al-Azhar Garden colony which is an Ismaili community housing project in Karachi.