Karachi police kill 8 militants

KARACHI: Police killed at least eight militants wanted for target killings and attacks on police during a raid in the southern port city of Karachi on Saturday, officials said.
Police stormed into a house in the low-income Manghopir neighborhood of Karachi and after a gunfight killed eight militants and seized weapons, hand grenades and explosives, senior police official Rao Anwar told AFP.
“At least eight militants were killed and two policemen were wounded in the gunfight,” Anwar said.
Anwar said that the militants were wanted for several target killings and the murders of police officials in Karachi.
Karachi, a city of 20 million and Pakistan’s economic hub, is frequently hit by ethnic and sectarian violence. Paramilitary forces began a sweeping crackdown on militants in the city in 2013, which has led to a substantial drop in overall levels of violence.