KARACHI: A bomb blast blew up a white colour Suzuki Bolan near Salt n Pepper Village restaurant at Sea View and killed three militants and two police official on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.
Another police official got injured in the blast.
According to the Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan the suicide bombers, riding a white Suzuki Bolan, blew themselves up on being stopped for the routine search by the police.
The home minister, who reached at the blast site without delay, said the security had been increased in the area specially around the Abdullah Shah Ghazi Shrine amid fear of further terrorist attacks after the blast.
He announced Rs 2 million compensation for the family of deceased police personnel while Rs 500,000 for the wounded.
Manzoor Wasan also announced to give jobs to sons of affected police personnel.
He also appreciated the police personnel for showing courage to stop the suspects.
The Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah said the event was a cowardly act of terrorism which had been foiled by the police with great courage.
The Sindh CM was talking to media at the site of incident near Seaview in Defence Housing Authority.
He told a questioner that the police has found a suicidal vest and a Kalashnikov from the site of blast.
He said that the concerned police officials have been directed to present their report about the incident.
He said the initial reports have indicated that the suspects were travelling in a vehicle and when they saw policemen approaching them, they blew themselves up.
However investigations were underway and it was premature to give any final statement about the incident, the Sindh CM added.
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