A VBIED detonated at a Sindh Rangers facility in Karachi, killing three soldiers and wounding four. Three militants were neutralized and a fourth captured in the ensuing gunfight. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed the attack. Pakistan's military has pledged "retribution operations."
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