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Bomb kills Pakistan police chief Chaudhry Aslam Khan | Bomb kills Pakistan police chief Chaudhry Aslam Khan |
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A senior police officer known in Pakistan for campaigning against the Taliban has been killed in a bomb blast in Karachi. | A senior police officer known in Pakistan for campaigning against the Taliban has been killed in a bomb blast in Karachi. |
Chaudhry Aslam Khan, the head of the city's anti-terror operations, and at least two others died in an attack on a police convoy in the Essa Nagri area of the city, reports say. | |
Mr Khan had survived a number of previous attempts on his life. | Mr Khan had survived a number of previous attempts on his life. |
The Pakistani Taliban said they carried out Thursday's attack. | |
A spokesman said Mr Khan had been targeted as he had "killed, tortured and wounded" Taliban members. | |
'Cowards' | |
A car carrying explosives smashed into Mr Khan's convoy. | |
Images from the scene show a number of vehicles completely destroyed and nearby buildings damaged. | |
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif paid tribute to the police chief and condemned the attack. | Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif paid tribute to the police chief and condemned the attack. |
"We will not let the will of the nation be crushed by these cowardly acts by terrorists," Pakistani newspaper Dawn quoted Mr Sharif as saying. | "We will not let the will of the nation be crushed by these cowardly acts by terrorists," Pakistani newspaper Dawn quoted Mr Sharif as saying. |
Correspondents say that Mr Khan was a well-known figure in Karachi. | |
Since 2008, his unit has been involved in the arrests of dozens of militants - including would-be suicide bombers - planning attacks in Pakistan and across the border in Afghanistan. | |
Mr Khan had escaped unhurt when a car packed with explosives blew up outside his home in Karachi in 2011, killing at least eight people. | |
After that attack, he said: "They are cowards. They call themselves Muslims but they are unbelievers. This will make me even more determined to carry on operations against them." | |
The chief security officer of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Bilal Shaikh, was killed in an attack in July. | The chief security officer of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Bilal Shaikh, was killed in an attack in July. |