Saturday, May 4, 2013

Two killed in blasts near MQM office in Karachi

Two persons were killed and 20 others injured when two successive blasts occurred in Azizabad area of Karachi near MQM unit office. Police and volunteers of Edhi Foundation reached the blast site and the injured were shifted to various hospitals. The markets and shops in the area were closed after the blast and fear gripped the area. Another blast was heard minutes after the first blast in the same area. Meanwhile, In Mardan nephew of ANP candidate Latif-ur-Rehamn was injured in bomb blast. In Quetta Jammat-e-Islami provincial office was attacked with hand-grenades Saturday. However, no loss of life was reported. MQM chief Altaf Hussain strongly condemned the blast and said that a conspiracy was being hatched to keep his party out of the election race.

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