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KARACHI: Three people were killed and several injured in an explosion that took place in the Landhi Majeed Colony area of Karachi late on Thursday, Express News reported.
The explosion took place near Nawab Hotel, reported Nadeem Khan, Express News correspondent, adding that according to reports around 12 people were injured.
Khan reported that the area which is near an imam bargah was an open ground at which unidentified attackers threw hand grenades and fled.
The injured have been shifted to Jinnah Hospital while rescue teams are on their way.
Four of the injured are being described to be in a critical condition.
Talking about the area, Nadeem said that the Majeed Colony is heavily populated and police officials are facing difficulty in cordoning off the area as everyone has gathered on the site of the explosion.
Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah has taken notice of the incident.
Condemning the attack, he said that security needed to be beefed up in Karachi.
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Dear CM, when you say that security in Karachi is to be beefed up, I see additional police mobile at CM house. Is this what you call Karachi. You have to release police to do their real job i.e protecting the people and just CM and ministers.
i thought there is surgical operation going on in karachi
@anum tariq: What about blast in Peshawar. Hope that is not a shifting....
btw, LeJ is still untouchable in this operation. Also, this is the same area wherein apologists had withdrawn their candidate in re-poll in favour of LeJ Sindh chief.
tribune : shifting the focus
Some of the Landhi area was without electricity since yesterday.
I hope that the blast would have not taken place where they was no electricity which was not restored until today evening.
But what the Rangers and the Police are doing?
The targeted operation is going on and yet the blast took place. Very strange.