Bomb strikes Jinnah Hospital, 10 dead


2-5-2010_58591_lKARACHI: At least 10 people were killed and 50 others were wounded on Sunday after another powerful bomb hit the Karachi’s Jinnah Hospital.

The blast took place at a time when the dead and the injured of Shahra-e-Faisal blast were being shifted to the hospital’s Emergency Ward.

The blast left more than 50 people injured.

A large number of relatives of the first blast victims were present at the time of second blast, which went off outside Emergency Ward.

The panic and fear gripped the hospital after the blast, in which paramedical staff and media persons were also affected.

The injured were now being rushed to Civil Hospital and city’s other private hospitals.

It may be reminded here that 12 people were killed and many more injured in a blast at Shahra-e-Faisal in Karachi.

So far 22 people have embraced martyrdom in the two blasts.

12 dead, 50 hurt in Karachi blast


2-5-2010_58584_lKARACHI: At least 12 people were killed and over 50 others injured when a powerful explosion occurred in a public vehicle plying on Sharah-e-Faisal of Karachi, media reported Friday.

The blast occurred in a mini bus near Nursery stop towards FTC. The injured riding a mini bus coming from Malir, include children and women.

Police and other rescue workers have arrived on the spot. The road leading to Saddar has been blocked and the blast site has been cordoned off.

The blast occurred near a furniture market situated near the Sharah-e-Faisal.

At least 50 people were injured in the blast, who have been shifted to Jinnah Hospital. Various injured are in critical state. Also a body has been moved from the scene.

All the casualties have been moved from the blast scene.

According to eyewitnesses, a motorcyclist hit the ill-fated vehicle to cause the mishap. The bus was completely damaged in the blast.

The Jinnah Hospital sources confirmed of at least 11 deaths.

After the blast, people gathered to protest and are still raising slogans against the government and police. People in large number gathered at Jinnah Hospital as well.

According to Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed said 12 people were killed in the tragic incident.

On this occasion, the shia ulema urged the mourners at the main procession and on the blast site to stay calm.

SP Umar Khattab said the initial evidences showed that blast was not a suicidal in nature.