An explosive device went off inside a house on the outskirts of Karachi as police tried to arrest militants. One of them would have launched an explosive device. The blast injured a member of the CTD.
When the teams encircled the area and managed to break into the home where the militants were staying, the militants opened fire, causing injuries to CTD official Arshad Khan but other police officials continued with the gun battle.
As a result, Sheikh said one militant and another CTD personnel, Amir Rafiq, were injured. Another militant, he said, while attempting to flee the scene from the roof injured CTD member Irfan Mehboob. Another police party positioned on the roof killed the militant on the spot in retaliatory firing.
