Alleged suicide attack: Two killed, six injured in two bomb blasts

First explosion occurred outside a mosque, killing two and injuring four others.

KARACHI: At least two people were killed and four others were injured in a bomb blast at Qasba Colony in Orangi Town on Thursday.

According to police officials, the blast occurred at around 6pm outside Jama-e-Mustafa mosque. Orangi SP Sajid Sadozai told The Express Tribune that between four to five kilogrammes of explosive material was used in the bomb.

“We have found a mutilated body from the site and a live hand grenade which was later defused,” said Sadozai, adding that the man may be the suicide bomber. “We are searching the site for further evidence to ascertain the nature of the blast and its target,” he said.

Panic gripped the area following the blast as people rushed to their homes. The blast also damaged part of the mosque’s boundary wall.

Zone West DIG Capt (retd) Tahir Naveed confirmed that two people were killed in the incident while another four were injured. He believed that the bomb was an Improvised Explosive Device fitted in a rickshaw near the mosque. DIG Naveed added that the blast occurred some distance away from the mosque.

Second explosion

In another explosion, two police constables were injured at Goth Palia, within the limits of Sukhan Police Station.

According to SHO Sukhan Rao Rafiq, constable Iftikhar and Hamza were patrolling on Dawood Jetty and Rehri Goth road when a bomb exploded near them, injuring the two constables.

They were immediately rushed to the hospital where their condition was termed stable.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 6^th, 2014.