DHAKA: The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the killing of three employees of a local private television network in Karachi.

The claim was made after motorcycle-borne assailants shot a technician, guard and driver working for Express TV on Friday, according to the TV station.

A spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in a statement on Friday, accused Express TV and other media outlets of supporting the government in what it called a war against the group.

Mohammad Akhtar, a senior police officer, said the Express TV workers were targeted by assailants while sitting in their vehicle in the port city on Friday

Ehsanullah Ehsan, a former TTP spokesman, told Express TV it had been attacked because the group considered its coverage biased and that it would continue to attack journalists they disagreed with.

The TV station was attacked twice last year, with the TTP claiming responsibility for one of the incidents.

Source: aljazeera.com
BDST: 1001 HRS, JAN 18, 2014
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