Several casualties feared in Karachi blast

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Source: GEOTV

KARACHI: Several people were killed and injured when a powerful explosion occurred in a public vehicle plying on Sharah-e-Faisal of Karachi, media reported Friday.

According to Geo News, the blast occurred in a mini bus near Nursery stop towards FTC.

The ambulances have been dispatched towards the blast site. The ambulances are being shifted to the hospitals.



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1. Shia Muslims killed in Pakistan bomb

Shia Muslims killed in Pakistan bomb

At least 11 people have been killed by a bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Karachi, hospital officials say.

The attack, involving a motorcycle bomb, targeted a bus carrying Shia Muslims to a religious procession. About 50 were injured.

It took place on the main road of the country's commercial centre.

Friday is the last and most important day of the Arbaeen religious festival, 40 days of mourning for the death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson.

It was not clear if the bomb was rammed into the bus by a suicide bomber or if the motorcycle was parked by the side of road.


more:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8500077.stm

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2. Dozens injured in Karachi hospital blast

KARACHI: Casualties have been feared in a severe blast that rocked the main gate of Jinnah Hospital’s emergency ward where the wounded of a deadly suicide attack occurred hour before were being treated, reported ARY NEWS.

Near 12 dead bodies and 50 wounded of an earlier suicide attack on a bus carrying Shiite mourners to Chehlum procession have been rushed to the emergency ward of Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center where hundreds of their attendees, relatives and media persons were gathered.

The blast which apparently occurred in an ambulance was as severe as it shattered all the windowpanes of the hospital and damaged many of the parked ambulances, cars and motorcycles and other installations.

Dozens of people have been injured in the attack and were being rushed to other medical facilities, including Civil, Liaquat National and Aga Khan hospitals, as the emergency of JPMC is already filled to capacity with the victims of noon’s blast.


more:http://www.thearynews.com/english/newsdetail.asp?nid=42279