{"id":305989,"date":"2018-11-23T07:02:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T07:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=305989"},"modified":"2018-11-23T07:02:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T07:02:53","slug":"pakistan-2-policemen-killed-as-gunmen-attack-chinese-consulate-in-karachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pakistan-2-policemen-killed-as-gunmen-attack-chinese-consulate-in-karachi\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan: 2 policemen killed as gunmen attack Chinese consulate in Karachi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-305991 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pakistan-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/pakistan-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/pakistan.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">At least two policemen were killed on Friday when unidentified gunmen stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistan\u2019s Karachi, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">An explosion was also heard in the high-security Clifton area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to sources, the gunmen, armed with automatic weapons, proceeded towards the gate of the consulate after killing the policemen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">However, the guards closed the gate and did not let attackers entered the Chinese consulate compound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Heavy contingents of police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in the area after the exchange of fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The area, considered a red zone, is heavily guarded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">More details are awaited.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least two policemen were killed on Friday when unidentified gunmen stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistan\u2019s Karachi, officials said. An explosion was also heard in the high-security Clifton area. According to sources, the gunmen, armed with automatic weapons, proceeded towards the gate of the consulate after killing the policemen. However, the guards closed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":305991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[9834,9835,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305989"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305992,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305989\/revisions\/305992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/305991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}