1 killed, 12 injured in bomb attack in Pakistan's Karachi
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- 13 May 2022
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The explosion tore through the Saddar neighborhood of Pakistan's most populous city at around 11 p.m. (6 p.m. GMT).
"Initial investigation suggested that the explosive material was planted in a motorcycle that was parked near a trash bin," said local police station house officer Sajjad Khan.
The target of the attack was not immediately announced.
However, Khan said a coast guard vehicle was among "several" damaged in the blast while the one person slain was a "passerby."
Last month a female suicide bomber killed four people, including three Chinese nationals, in an attack on a minibus carrying staff from a Beijing cultural program at Karachi University.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) – a group fighting for independence in Pakistan's largest and most impoverished province – claimed responsibility for the April 26 strike.
China has made massive energy and infrastructure investments in Balochistan under a $54 billion scheme known as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Read More…
