Four blasts in Lyari leave 9 injured

Most of the wounded were women and children.

KARACHI:

At least nine people were wounded in four consecutive blasts in Lyari on Friday evening.

According to police officials, unidentified gang members from Aath Chowk, Lyari, fired Awan rockets which fell onto the Chakiwara Road.

As a result, over half a dozen people sustained injuries. Ambulances and rescue workers from different welfare associations reached the site and shifted the victims to the Civil Hospital, Karachi. Doctors described the condition of at least two people critical.

The injured included 50-year-old Rehana, three-year-old Ayesha, five-year-old Rafia, 30-year-old Ruqayya, 28-year-old Nazur and others.

SHO Azam Khan said that all victims were passers-by who became victims of the rocket attacks during the clash between the Baba Ladla and Uzair Jan Baloch groups of the Lyari-based gang.

An extra contingent of law enforcers, including the police and Rangers, reached the affected areas to arrest the culprits. Despite that, tension between the groups continued till the filing of this story and no culprit was arrested.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 11^th, 2014.