Police foil bomb plot at Karachi hospital
Child discovers explosives near hospital in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
KARACHI:
Police foiled a bomb plot on Wednesday after a child discovered explosives in a parking lot.
The bomb was discovered underneath a car in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area lot, in between a private bank and the Darul Sehat hospital. The hospital administration reported the bomb to the police.
Upon arrival the Karachi bomb disposal squad discovered a bag filled with about 20kgs of explosives. Sindh police SSP Javed Akbar said, “if the bomb had gone off it would have caused massive loss of life and property.”
Earlier this year, a 16kg powerful explosive device was found and defused in time at the Jinnah hospital on an early Friday morning, averting a massacre. The bomb was planted near a tent where Friday prayers are offered by people of the Shia sect.
Police foiled a bomb plot on Wednesday after a child discovered explosives in a parking lot.
The bomb was discovered underneath a car in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area lot, in between a private bank and the Darul Sehat hospital. The hospital administration reported the bomb to the police.
Upon arrival the Karachi bomb disposal squad discovered a bag filled with about 20kgs of explosives. Sindh police SSP Javed Akbar said, “if the bomb had gone off it would have caused massive loss of life and property.”
Earlier this year, a 16kg powerful explosive device was found and defused in time at the Jinnah hospital on an early Friday morning, averting a massacre. The bomb was planted near a tent where Friday prayers are offered by people of the Shia sect.