KARACHI: Five Japanese nationals working for Suzuki Motors had a lucky escape when their van was targeted by a suicide bomber and a gunman in a suicide attack in Pakistan‘s port city on Friday, police said, in the latest terrorist attack on foreign nationals in the country.
DIG East Azfar Mahesar said the terrorists tried to hit the vehicle carrying Japanese nationals working with Pakistan Suzuki Motors.”All five Japanese remained safe,” he said. “The Japanese nationals were on the way to the Export Processing Zone from their residence in Zamzama, Clifton,” he said.
Jinnah Hospital officials said three people were brought to the facility in critical conditions. One of the injured, a 45-year-old security guard, succumbed to his injuries while another injured was shifted to the ventilator, Geo News quoted the hospital administration as saying.
DIG East Azfar Mahesar said the terrorists tried to hit the vehicle carrying Japanese nationals working with Pakistan Suzuki Motors.”All five Japanese remained safe,” he said. “The Japanese nationals were on the way to the Export Processing Zone from their residence in Zamzama, Clifton,” he said.
Jinnah Hospital officials said three people were brought to the facility in critical conditions. One of the injured, a 45-year-old security guard, succumbed to his injuries while another injured was shifted to the ventilator, Geo News quoted the hospital administration as saying.