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| location = [[Karachi]] |
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| date = 29 June 2020 |
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| type = [[Mass shooting]], [[grenades]] |
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| fatalities = 9 (including 4 perpetrators) |
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On 29 June 2020, [[militant]]s attacked the [[Pakistan Stock Exchange]] building in [[Karachi]] with grenades and by firing indiscriminately. Four security guards and a police sub-inspector were killed, while seven people were injured during the attack. Police claimed that they killed all four attackers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pakistan stock exchange in Karachi under attack, say police|url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/pakistan-stock-exchange-in-karachi-under-attack-say-police-1.1040934|access-date=2020-06-29|website=The National|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gunmen attack Karachi stock exchange building in Pakistan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/gunmen-attack-pakistan-stock-exchange-building-karachi-200629060634288.html |accessdate=29 June 2020 |work=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='All terrorists killed,' police say after Pakistan Stock Exchange comes under gun and grenade attack |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/295362-karachi-police-officers-injured-in-grenade-attack-outside-pakistan-stock-exchange-office |accessdate=29 June 2020 |work=www.geo.tv}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=CNN |first1=Sophia Saifi |title=Multiple people dead after attack on Pakistan Stock Exchange |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/29/asia/karachi-pakistan-stock-exchange-attack-intl-hnk/index.html |accessdate=29 June 2020 |work=CNN}}</ref> |
On 29 June 2020, [[militant]]s attacked the [[Pakistan Stock Exchange]] building in [[Karachi]] with grenades and by firing indiscriminately. Four security guards and a police sub-inspector were killed, while seven people were injured during the attack. Police claimed that they killed all four attackers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pakistan stock exchange in Karachi under attack, say police|url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/pakistan-stock-exchange-in-karachi-under-attack-say-police-1.1040934|access-date=2020-06-29|website=The National|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gunmen attack Karachi stock exchange building in Pakistan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/gunmen-attack-pakistan-stock-exchange-building-karachi-200629060634288.html |accessdate=29 June 2020 |work=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='All terrorists killed,' police say after Pakistan Stock Exchange comes under gun and grenade attack |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/295362-karachi-police-officers-injured-in-grenade-attack-outside-pakistan-stock-exchange-office |accessdate=29 June 2020 |work=www.geo.tv}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=CNN |first1=Sophia Saifi |title=Multiple people dead after attack on Pakistan Stock Exchange |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/29/asia/karachi-pakistan-stock-exchange-attack-intl-hnk/index.html |accessdate=29 June 2020 |work=CNN}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:57, 29 June 2020
| 2020 Pakistan Stock Exchange attack | |
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| Location | Karachi |
| Date | 29 June 2020 |
Attack type | Mass shooting, grenades |
| Deaths | 9 (including 4 perpetrators) |
| Injured | 7 |
| Perpetrators | Balochistan Liberation Army |
On 29 June 2020, militants attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange building in Karachi with grenades and by firing indiscriminately. Four security guards and a police sub-inspector were killed, while seven people were injured during the attack. Police claimed that they killed all four attackers.[1][2][3][4]
Background
Ethnic Baloch groups have fought a long-running insurgency for a separate homeland and a greater share of resources in Pakistan's Balochistan province. Pakistan has suffered years of militant violence, mostly by Islamist groups, but attacks have become rare in recent years.[citation needed]
Attack
Militants armed with automatic rifles threw a grenade and then began firing at a security post outside the stock exchange. "They had come in a silver Corolla car," Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon later told Reuters.[5]
Guards fought back, killing all four attackers, the authorities say, but police officers and security personnel are among the casualties. The stock exchange director, Abid Ali Habib, said the gunmen made their way from the car park and "opened fire on everyone". Reports say most people managed to escape or hide in locked rooms. Those inside the building were evacuated from the back door, Geo TV reported.[6]
Attackers
Militants from the Baloch Liberation Army say they were behind the attack.[7]
References
- ^ "Pakistan stock exchange in Karachi under attack, say police". The National. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Gunmen attack Karachi stock exchange building in Pakistan". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "'All terrorists killed,' police say after Pakistan Stock Exchange comes under gun and grenade attack". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ CNN, Sophia Saifi. "Multiple people dead after attack on Pakistan Stock Exchange". CNN. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
{{cite news}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ "Gunmen attack Pakistani stock exchange, six killed: police". Reuters. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "'All terrorists killed,' police say after Pakistan Stock Exchange comes under gun and grenade attack". Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Deadly gun attack on Pakistan stock exchange". BBC News. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-29.