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Gunfire heard near Chinese consulate in Pakistan's Karachi: police
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The Empress Market is a busy historic marketplace in the Saddar Town locality of Karachi, Pakistan. Three or four gunmen opened fire near the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Friday, police said. (Shutterstock.com/Asianet-Pakistan)
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hree or four gunmen opened fire near the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Friday, police said, with security guards shooting back in an ongoing attack.
"Police and Rangers have reached the site," senior police official Pir Muhammad Shah told AFP, adding that that there were unconfirmed reports of wounded. Pictures posted to social media purportedly of the attack showed smoke rising from the area.
