Bombs targeting Shia procession and hospital in Pakistan's commercial capital leave at least 19 people dead
Feb. 5 -- Bombers attacked a bus transporting people to a religious procession in Karachi and two hours later a hospital treating the victims, killing at least 20 people.
Twelve people died as a suicide attacker rammed his motorbike into a bus in the heart of Pakistan’s financial center. The bus was full of people traveling to participate in a Shiite Muslim procession, Wasim Ahmed, the city’s police chief, said on the phone.
As many as 55 people were brought to the Jinnah Hospital with mainly head and chest injuries, Seemi Jamali, who runs the emergency room, said by telephone. As doctors at the hospital tended to the wounded, a second suicide bomber blew himself up outside the emergency ward, killing 8 people and injuring rescue workers, said Qamar Parvez, spokesman for the Edhi Ambulance Service. At least five ambulances were destroyed in the blast.
Feb. 5 -- Bombers attacked a bus transporting people to a religious procession in Karachi and two hours later a hospital treating the victims, killing at least 20 people.
Twelve people died as a suicide attacker rammed his motorbike into a bus in the heart of Pakistan’s financial center. The bus was full of people traveling to participate in a Shiite Muslim procession, Wasim Ahmed, the city’s police chief, said on the phone.
As many as 55 people were brought to the Jinnah Hospital with mainly head and chest injuries, Seemi Jamali, who runs the emergency room, said by telephone. As doctors at the hospital tended to the wounded, a second suicide bomber blew himself up outside the emergency ward, killing 8 people and injuring rescue workers, said Qamar Parvez, spokesman for the Edhi Ambulance Service. At least five ambulances were destroyed in the blast.
