Pakistani paramilitary troops have killed eight militants from a group which tried to assassinate an opposition politician in Karachi, officials said Sunday. Hassan was unhurt but the group killed a 10-year-old boy and a guard and wounded four others in the shootout last month. Ansar-ul-Sharia chief Sheharyar-ud Din – also known as Abdullah Hashmi – was among those killed in the overnight raid, Raza said, describing him as the mastermind of the assassination bid. Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city with more than 14 million inhabitants and a major business and industrial hub, is rife with political, sectarian and ethnic militancy. A crackdown in the city by security forces in recent years has brought a lull in violence, but scattered attacks still take place.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 22, 2017 07:52 UTC