Armed men in Pakistan launched an attack on the Karachi Stock Exchange, the country's largest city and financial capital, on Monday. At least six people have died, police said.
The attack was claimed by a separatist group in the neighboring province of Balochistan. "Four guards and a civilian were killed," as well as a police officer, "in a grenade and rifle terrorist attack" on the Karachi Stock Exchange, the police said in a statement.
Increasingly rare attacks
The Edhi foundation, the main relief organization in Karachi, for its part reported 7 dead and 7 injured, according to its official Faisal Edhi. The four attackers were also killed.
The attack on the Karachi Stock Exchange comes ten days after a grenade was thrown in a queue outside a welfare office, killing one person and injuring eight others. No group had claimed responsibility for the attack.
After a bloody decade, during which the attacks were daily, violence has dropped very sharply in Pakistan. Such attacks are the exception when they were previously the norm. The port city of Karachi, which for years has been hit by heavy crime, is now much safer after the territory is taken over by the security forces.
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