Geo TV rept - KARACHI: A case has been registered against the banned Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Chief Maulvi Fazlullah and its spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, as the prohibited outfit claimed responsibility of the attack on police van in Razzaqabad area of metropolis that left 13 personnel dead.
According to the police, the case has been registered in Shah Lateef Town Police station on the complaint of a policeman in which provisions of murder, attempt to murder and anti-terrorism are included.
On Thursday morning, a bombing targeting a police bus on Thursday claimed the lives of 13 policemen and left 55 others injured.
But Raja Umer Khatab, chief of the city's counter-terrorism unit, later said the van had been parked on the hard shoulder along the bus route and was remotely detonated when the two vehicles were side by side.
Speaking to media outside JPMC, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon said the targeted operation against terrorists would continue in Karachi. Memon said Thursday's attack on the police was in retaliation to the ongoing operation.
Several of the policemen injured in the attack spoke to Geo News and expressed their resolve to continue fighting terrorists in the city.
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