KARACHI, Sept 28: Four policemen were killed and one was injured in grenade and gun attacks in different parts of the city on Saturday.

Two policemen were killed in a grenade-cum-gun attack on a police mobile in Korangi Industrial Area while a third policeman was critically injured, senior police officials told Dawn.

They said that a police mobile of Madadgar-15 came under attack at Bilal Chowrangi when two people on a motorcycle threw a home made grenade, followed by a gun attack, causing critical injuries to three policemen. “It was a grenade-cum-gun attack on the policemen,” said SSP East Pir Mohammed Shah.

The injured were taken to Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre, but doctors declared head constable Mohammed Bashir, 50, dead.

Dr Seemin Jamali, head of the hospital’s emergency department, said another policeman, Juma Khan, died during treatment while the third, Alamdar, was fighting for his life in the hospital in serious condition.

Dr Jamali said the policemen died from multiple injuries caused by explosive material and bullets.

“Police have recently demolished dens of gambling and drugs in the area and the attack may be its reaction,” the SSP East said.

In another incident, a policeman was shot at and critically injured in Orangi on Saturday.

Asim Abbas, 29, was riding a motorcycle when two armed motorcyclists attacked him near Rehman Baba Stadium in Orangi-4.

He suffered a single bullet to his neck and was taken to a private hospital in critical condition.

Mominabad SHO Abdul Moid said the injured policeman was posted in the CID police and was on duty to collect secret information when attacked.

In another incident, one policeman was shot dead in Site area on Saturday night, according to police.

Syed Rajab Ali, 58, was shot at and injured by some gunmen near a fire brigade station office in Site area.

He suffered a single bullet to his head and was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, but doctors declared him dead.

SITE-A SHO Aslam said the victim, who was in uniform, was returning home in New Saeedabad by taking a ‘lift’ from a motorcyclist when he was attacked by the gunmen.This was the second murder of a policeman in the same area over the past 24 hours as another policeman, Shahzad Raza, 28, was shot dead in an attack on the police mobile van on Friday night.

Karachi West SSP Irfan Baloch said that policemen were being targeted in the west district in ‘reaction’ by different criminals for launching a coordinated action to wipe them out.