REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KARACHI -- Gunmen on motorcycles late Monday shot dead four policemen in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, police said.
The incident occurred in Ibrahim Haidri area, a poor neighbourhood in the eastern part of the port city where the policemen were on duty.
"The attackers came on motorcycles, they opened fire on the police and fled away," senior police official Munir Shaikh told AFP, adding that "all four policemen died in the attack".
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Karachi, a city of 18 million people which contributes 42 percent of Pakistan's GDP, has been plagued by sectarian, ethnic and political violence for years.
Rangers are currently taking part in a joint operation with police in Karachi aimed at cleansing the city of terrorists and other hardcore criminals, including hired killers, gun runners and drug peddlers.
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