A bomb killed Pakistani local police official along with two other people in the port city of Karachi on Thursday.

A bomb killed Pakistani local police official along with two other people in the port city of Karachi on Thursday.

"The blast killed police official Shafiq Tanoli and two others," senior local police official Tanvir Ahmad Tunio told AFP.

The explosion took place near a tailor's shop in the old vegetable market in the city's eastern neighborhood.

He said there were at least five people in the shop at the time of blast, which targeted Tanoli.

Another local police official confirmed the attack and casualties.

Nobody has so far claimed responsibility for the attack but the city is also wracked by militants, especially the Taliban.

Karachi, a city of 18 million people has been plagued for years by sectarian, ethnic and political violence.