KARACHI: An FIR of Monday’s terrorist attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) building has been registered by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD).
The FIR was registered at the CTD Civil Lines police station under sections of terrorism, possession of explosive material, encounter with the police, murder and attempted murder.
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The sections include 302 (punishment for murder), 324 (murder attempt), 353 (attack on on-duty public servant) of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).
Other sections including those of the Sindh Arms Act have also been inserted into the FIR.
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Four gunmen had attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange building in Karachi on Monday, killing two guards and a policeman before security forces killed all four of the attackers, police said.
Separatist insurgents from Balochistan province – the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) – claimed responsibility in a post on Twitter.
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