Pakistan: Three paramilitary troops killed in attack on Sindh Rangers facility in Karachi

A security personnel stands guard in Sindh Province. PIC/AFP

A bomb and gun attack on a Sindh Rangers facility in Karachi killed three paramilitary troops and injured four on Saturday. Pakistan's military said, as the country battles a surge in violence.

Militants from the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, detonated an explosive at the entrance of the Rangers camp in Karachi's Gulistan-i-Jauhar neighbourhood before opening fire on the troops, the Pakistan military said in a statement.

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