Four cops survive grenade attack on police van.

KARACHI -- Four policemen narrowly survived a grenade attack on their mobile van in Shah Latif Town police said.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack in which the police van was partially damaged. The police said that the incident took place at Haji Ismail Jokhio Goth off National Highway at around 4:15am when the mobile van was stationed and policemen were busy in snap: checking of vehicles.

Malir SSP Hasan Sardar told the media that three unknown persons, riding on two motorbikes, came close to the mobile van and one of them threw a grenade targeting the police vehicle and sped away.

He said that it appeared that the grenade missed the target the mobile van and exploded after hitting the ground. All the policemen remained safe as they were not standing very close to the van, he added.

However, the explosion damaged the vehicle, he said, adding that the police were trying to obtain CCTV footage from the area.

The police said that the policemen also fired...