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2 killed and 40 injured when a grenade was thrown at (2?) jamat khana's in Karachi.
All of the injured/dead were women and children.
Consecutive cracker blasts in Karachi Jamaat Khana leaves 2 dead
KARACHI: At least two people were killed and 40 injured when two cracker explosions took place in Ayesha Manzil area in Gulberg on Tuesday evening.
According to law enforcement agencies unidentified people riding on a motorcycle threw the explosive material inside the Aga Khan Jamaat Khana situated on main Shara-e-Pakistan just as prayers were being held.
Following the explosion, extra contingents of law enforcers including Rangers and police reached the site and cordoned off the entire area. A unit of the bomb disposal squad was also called at the blast site.
Following initial investigations, BDS personnel said that that the explosive material was concealed in a tennis ball and contained around 200 grammes of explosives and ball bearings.
DSP Saleem Akhtar Siddiqui while talking to The Express Tribune said that a woman and a man who were sitting on the benches in the Jamaat Khana were wounded as a result of the blast. They were shifted to Aga Khan University Hospital for medical treatment.
Emergency has been imposed in the hospital where the deceased and injured have been shifted.
There were also reports of cracker blasts in Hyderabad and Nawabshah.
The explosion in Nawabshah took place in Mohini Bazaar when unidentified men threw a cracker nearby and fled.
Bureau chief Hyderabad Junaid Khanzada
http://tribune.com.pk/story/589699/cracker-blast-in-jamaat-khana-in-karachi-injures-two-people/
All of the injured/dead were women and children.
Consecutive cracker blasts in Karachi Jamaat Khana leaves 2 dead
KARACHI: At least two people were killed and 40 injured when two cracker explosions took place in Ayesha Manzil area in Gulberg on Tuesday evening.
According to law enforcement agencies unidentified people riding on a motorcycle threw the explosive material inside the Aga Khan Jamaat Khana situated on main Shara-e-Pakistan just as prayers were being held.
Following the explosion, extra contingents of law enforcers including Rangers and police reached the site and cordoned off the entire area. A unit of the bomb disposal squad was also called at the blast site.
Following initial investigations, BDS personnel said that that the explosive material was concealed in a tennis ball and contained around 200 grammes of explosives and ball bearings.
DSP Saleem Akhtar Siddiqui while talking to The Express Tribune said that a woman and a man who were sitting on the benches in the Jamaat Khana were wounded as a result of the blast. They were shifted to Aga Khan University Hospital for medical treatment.
Emergency has been imposed in the hospital where the deceased and injured have been shifted.
There were also reports of cracker blasts in Hyderabad and Nawabshah.
The explosion in Nawabshah took place in Mohini Bazaar when unidentified men threw a cracker nearby and fled.
Bureau chief Hyderabad Junaid Khanzada
http://tribune.com.pk/story/589699/cracker-blast-in-jamaat-khana-in-karachi-injures-two-people/