Jul 07 2008
Serial blasts in Karachi, 5 dead!
A day after a bomb blast near Pakistan’s capital city Islamabad’s Lal Masjid killed 20 people, one more deadly serial bomb blast in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi killed 5 persons and left more than 50 others injured on Monday.
The six “low-intensity” explosions occurred in Banaras Chowk, Orangi town, Shahrah-e-Noor, Paharganj, Qasba mor and Mangho pir areas, police said.
“There were a series of blasts in Karachi which were of low intensity and have not caused any damage to property,” Karachi police Chief Waseem Ahmed said.
Reportedly, at least nine people were injured in Banaras Chowk while five people were wounded in a blast in a minibus in Shahrah-e-Noor area.
Ahmed claimed that the blasts were apparently carried out to create an atmosphere of fear and tension only.
Hours after Islamabad explosion, Islamic hardliners took out a rally demanding President Pervez Musharraf’s public hanging.
The police were on high alert and have taken all measures the secure the life and property of people. Injured were already rushed to hospitals. People are scared of the successive incidents of bombing.
