Karachi, December 27: At least 19 people, including five women and a child, were injured when a ‘home-made’ bomb planted in a car exploded in a populated area here during a procession by the minority Shia community.
The blast took place yesterday near a graveyard in Paposh Nagar area just two days ahead of the 10th day of Muharram processions.
A senior police official told PTI that initial inquiry showed that the bomb was a home-made device and planted in the car which was gutted after the explosion.
“It apparently was an attempt to target Shia Muslims as a Muharram procession was due to pass from the area where the explosion took place,” police official Raja Umar Khattab said.
A policemen and two paramilitary Pakistan Rangers personnel were also injured by the blast.
–PTI