TALIBAN SUICIDE BLAST KILLS FAMED KARACHI COMMANDER
KARACHI, Jan 09, 2014 (AFP) -A Taliban suicide attacker in Karachi on Thursday killed one of Pakistan's bestknown police commanders, famed for his fearless work tackling militants in the city.
Chaudhry Aslam, the head of the criminal investigation department (CID) who had survived numerous assassination attempts in the past, died along with two other officers when a bomber targeted a police convoy on an expressway in eastern Karachi.
The bomber smashed his vehicle into Aslam's convoy and he and two other policemen were killed, senior CID officer Iqbal Mehmood told AFP.
The blast was so powerful that it threw the shattered wreckage of Aslam's vehicle some 20 metres (65 feet) from
We have killed Chaudhry Aslam and claim the responsibility of his killing,” spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told AFP over the phone from an undisclosed location.“We attacked him earlier also but he survived
where it was hit.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsi- bility for the attack, warning others who target them that they would meet the same fate.
“We have killed Chaudhry Aslam and claim the responsibility of his killing,” spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told AFP over the phone from an undisclosed location.
“We attacked him earlier also but he survived. He has killed, tor- tured and wounded our mujahideen friends... finally, we have sent him towards his end.
“We warn other police and security officials who are brutal to and torture the mujahideen that their fate will be no different.” The Taliban had previously tried to kill Aslam in September 2011 in a huge explosion that tore off the front of his house in a smart area of the city.