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Karachi: Above 15 injured in Imam Bargah blast
KARACHI: A bomb blast targeting mourners at an Imam Bargah Sunday killed two people and injured more than 16 here in Karachi's Abbas Town, Geo News reported.
A Moharram-ul-Haram congregation was underway in the Imam Bargah Mustapha by the time the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonated.
The power supply to the area located on Abul Hassan Asfahani Road was also suspended as many electricity poles and wires broke down after the blast.
Source said the IED was fitted inside a motorcycle parked outside a closed milk shop near Imam Bargah. The shop was completely destroyed in the blast.
According to eyewitnesses, the explosion shattered the windowpanes of the nearby buildings
Rescue services have reached the blast site and the injured were being given first aid.
The critically injured were being rushed to the nearby hospitals which include Patel Hospital, Abbasi Shaheed, Agha Khan, and Liaquat National.
Arrangements have been made in Jinnah and Civil Hospital for the incoming victims.
Karachi: Two dead above 16 injured in Imam Bargah blast - geo.tv
KARACHI: A bomb blast targeting mourners at an Imam Bargah Sunday killed two people and injured more than 16 here in Karachi's Abbas Town, Geo News reported.
A Moharram-ul-Haram congregation was underway in the Imam Bargah Mustapha by the time the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonated.
The power supply to the area located on Abul Hassan Asfahani Road was also suspended as many electricity poles and wires broke down after the blast.
Source said the IED was fitted inside a motorcycle parked outside a closed milk shop near Imam Bargah. The shop was completely destroyed in the blast.
According to eyewitnesses, the explosion shattered the windowpanes of the nearby buildings
Rescue services have reached the blast site and the injured were being given first aid.
The critically injured were being rushed to the nearby hospitals which include Patel Hospital, Abbasi Shaheed, Agha Khan, and Liaquat National.
Arrangements have been made in Jinnah and Civil Hospital for the incoming victims.
Karachi: Two dead above 16 injured in Imam Bargah blast - geo.tv