Three dead following terror attack on Pakistan stock exchange in Karachi
29 June 2020, 07:45
At least three dead after gunmen attack Karachi stock exchange
Two security guards and a policeman have been killed in a terror attack on the stock exchange building in Karachi, Pakistani police said.
Rizwan Ahmend, a police official at the scene of the attack, said gunmen opened fire at the entrance and have entered the stock exchange grounds.
It was not immediately known how many gunmen are involved and whether they have been able to enter the building itself.
Witness Yaqub Memon, who works as a broker inside the building, said he and others are huddled inside their offices, local media reports.
Heavily armed special forces have surrounded the building located in the heart of the city's financial district, where the Pakistan State Bank is located as well as the headquarters of several national and international financial institutions.
Local television stations are showing police in full body armour surrounding the building but still staying outside the high walled compound of the stock exchange.
Shazia Jehan, a police spokesman, said the bomb disposal squad has also been called to the stock exchange building and was trying to clear the building of explosive devises.
There were no other details and the fate of the attackers was not immediately known.
No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Karachi stock exchange is Pakistan's largest and oldest stock exchange, incorporated today with the exchanges in Islamabad and Lahore.
