Special police forces deployed to Pakistan Stock Exchange secure compound and kill all four gunmen, foiling a possibly lengthy attack claimed by Balochistan Liberation Army
The gunmen attacked the building, which is in a high-security zone that also houses the head offices of many private banks, with grenades and guns, said Ghulam Nabi Memon, chief of police in Pakistan's biggest city and its financial hub.
Security personnel examine confiscated ammunition from attackers outside the Stock Exchange Building in Karachi, Pakistan on June 29, 2020. A Counter-Terrorism Department official said the attackers were carrying significant quantities of ammunition and grenades in backpacks. Inside the stock exchange, broker Yaqub Memon said he and others were huddled inside their offices while the attack was underway.
Shazia Jehan, a police spokesman, said the bomb disposal team was also called to the stock exchange to clear the building of any explosive devices.designated terror groupThe BLA, which Pakistan says has found safe across the border in Afghanistan, has carried out a series of attacks in Karachi in recent years, including an attack on the Chinese Consulate in November 2018 that killed two people.
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