{"id":47328,"date":"2014-02-13T08:59:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T06:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=47328"},"modified":"2014-02-13T08:59:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T06:59:58","slug":"13-policemen-killed-in-bombing-in-pakistans-port-city-47328","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/13-policemen-killed-in-bombing-in-pakistans-port-city-47328\/","title":{"rendered":"13 policemen killed in bombing in Pakistan\u2019s port city"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47333\" style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-47333 \" alt=\"A vehicle damaged in bombing in Pakistan. File Pic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pakistan-Karachi-Bombing-Nationalturk-131-610x351.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pakistan-Karachi-Bombing-Nationalturk-131-610x351.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pakistan-Karachi-Bombing-Nationalturk-131-280x161.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pakistan-Karachi-Bombing-Nationalturk-131.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vehicle damaged in bombing in Pakistan. File Pic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1><span><span>13 policemen were killed and 40 others injured, some of them critically, in a Suspected suicide bombing near a police bus in Pakistan&#8217;s port city of Karachi.<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span><span>Islamabad, Feb 13\/Nationalturk &#8211; At least 13 policemen were killed and 40 others injured in a bombing near a police bus in Pakistan&#8217;s port city of Karachi on Thursday morning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>A police official said an explosive-laden car hit the bus near police Razzaqabad police training college in Karachi&#8217;s Shah Latif Town in Sindh province of Pakistan early this morning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>&#8220;About 50-55 policeman had boarded the bus and going for duty from their training center. <\/span><span>The police bus was making a U-turn after leaving a training center when it struck a small van, &#8220;he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>He said the police vehicle was completely destroyed in the bombing and 13 policeman killed and over 40 injured. <\/span><span>The policeman injured were evacuated to nearby hospitals. <\/span><span>The doctors have termed condition of some of the injured as &#8220;life threatening&#8221;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span><span>Police fears it was a suicide bombing<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span><span>The official said they fear it was a suicide bombing. <\/span><span>&#8220;According to initial investigation, 15 to 20 kilogrammes of explosives were used in the blast.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Immediately after the bombing, police and paramilitary Rangers laid siege around the area and Launched a combing operation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Pakistani newspaper, The News quoted a police officer as saying that SSP Malir Rao Anwaar EVIDENCES indicate that a suicide bomber had rammed the explosives-laden vehicle into the police van.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>&#8220;However the police is Investigating the matter to ascertain the facts,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>No terrorist group has so far stiking Responsibility for the bombing, which was drawn by Widespread Condemnation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span><span>Write your comments and thoughts below<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><span><span>Asia News <\/span><\/span><\/b><strong><span><span>\/ nationalturk Pakistan News<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13 policemen were killed and 40 others injured, some of them critically, in a suspected suicide bombing near a police bus in Pakistan\u2019s port city of Karachi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,80,63,1,118,101,14],"tags":[10980,56658,47790,11703,14090,636,58857,64860,41887,64861,64862,53630,64863,44916,60517,64864],"class_list":["post-47328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-breaking-news","category-daily","category-general","category-hot","category-politics","category-world","tag-bombing","tag-explosive-laden-car","tag-explosives","tag-karachi","tag-killed","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistans-port-city","tag-police-bus","tag-policemen","tag-razzaqabad-police-training-college","tag-shah-latif-town","tag-sindh-province","tag-ssp-malir-rao-anwaar","tag-suicide-bombing","tag-terrorist-group","tag-widespread-condemnation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}