At least three policemen, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police were killed Friday when armed men opened fire on their vehicle in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Hadeed area in Pakistan.

Police sources say on a routine patrol, motorcycle-riding gunmen opened fire on the vehicle they were travelling in, severely injuring the three men. The unidentified assailants fled after attacking the vehicle. Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.