Shooting near Chinese consulate in Karachi, casualties reported - VIDEO

Baku. 23 November. REPORT.AZ/ Two policemen have been killed and a security guard injured in an armed attack on the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani coastal city of Karachi, Report informs citing BBC.

Up to four gunmen tried to enter the consulate but were stopped by security guards at a checkpoint, reports said.

Three attackers have been killed by police in an exchange of gunfire.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing a blast, and local TV channels have broadcast images of a plume of smoke.

A separatist group from the province of Balochistan has said it carried out the attack.

Shooting near Chinese consulate in Karachi, casualties reported - VIDEO