KARACHI: Unknown motorcycle-riding armed men attacked a Samaa TV Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) vehicle under bridge at Karachi's Liaquatabad No.10 area, DawnNews reported.

The attackers fired five to six straight shots at the van before escaping from the scene.

According to news reports, the DSNG crew was not present inside the vehicle at the time of attack. There was no loss of life reported in the incident. The attacked vehicle sustained minor damage.

Police and Rangers personnel reached the site.

Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Khan Sial and Sindh Information Minister Nisar Ahmad Khuhro took notice of the attack on the Samaa TV DSNG.

The ministers directed Inspector General Sindh Police Ghulam Hyder Jamali and Additional Inspector General Karachi to submit a report on the incident and called for the immediate arrest of the culprits.

This is not the first attack of its nature targeting media workers. Earlier this month three unidentified gunmen attacked a Geo TV DSNG, killing a Geo News employee and injuring another.

The incident was followed by an attack targeting senior journalist Aftab Alam. Alam, who had previously worked for Geo News, was gunned down by unknown assailants near his home in North Karachi.

Last year, three Express News employees were shot dead in North Nazimabad in an attack claimed by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.