Three consecutive explosions claimed by the revolutionary army of Sindhudesh.
Karachi:
On Friday, three consecutive explosions claimed by a little-known separatist group killed four people, including two soldiers, in Sindh province in southern Pakistan.
At least a dozen people were also injured.
The shadowy secessionist organization Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army, which wants the province to separate from the Pakistani federation, said it had carried out the attacks.
One of the explosions occurred in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and the capital of Sindh, where one civilian died and eight others, including a paramilitary soldier, were injured.
The explosion took place outside a government cash donation center, and police believe the target was a Sindh Ranger paramilitary vehicle parked outside.
The second explosion was reported in Ghotki district, 500 km north of Karachi, where two Ranger soldiers died with a passerby, local police chief Furrukh Ali told Reuters.
The third explosion took place in the Larkana district of Sindh, where no casualties were reported.
The Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army has carried out low-intensity attacks in the past, including blowing up railways, but its separatist struggle has been less violent than that of neighboring Balochistan.
“The Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army claims responsibility for the attacks in Karachi, Ghotki and Larkana,” he tweeted, without giving further details.
The Rangers, a wing of the Pakistani military, were deployed around Pakistan and played a leading role in the suppression of terrorists and criminals in Karachi.
Sindh chief minister Murad Ali Shah has ordered an investigation into the violence on Friday.
