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Seven Bombs go off in Pakistan Within an Hour of Each Other

by Rob Walker | July 7, 2008 at 06:20 am | 1095 views | 9 comments | 0 recommendations

Seven explosive devices went off in under an hour, three of those going off less than 10 minutes apart in Karachi, Pakistan this morning.

Reports coming in from television in the area are still sketchy, but it seems a series of bombs were set to go off minutes from each other. We will keep you updated as we get more details.

NowPublic member Rumana Husain, who lives in the area, says 2 people have been killed and at least 50 injured.

Rob, i just learnt about the explosions in karachi where i live, as i have been busy preparing to go to the airport to catch a flight. the local tv channels report seven explosions, killing two and injuring fifty.

ISLAMABAD, July 7 (KUNA) -- At least two persons were killed and more than 50 others were wounded in a series of well-planned but of minor-intensity five bomb explosions in various areas of the Pakistan's largest commercial city Monday evening, said Pakistani police.

First explosion occurred in Orangi town of Karachi, which was followed by four more explosions in Frontier Colony, North Nazimabad, Qasba Colony and Shahra-e-Noor area, police sources told KUNA.

The first explosion took place in a mobile market of Orangi town, said sources, adding, in North Nazimabad area a bomb had been planted in a taxi which went off near a school.

KARACHI, Pakistan - A string of explosions wounded at least 25 people Monday in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, police said.

The five blasts came within about an hour the day after a deadly suicide bombing in the capital, Islamabad, killed 18 people, most of them police officers.

Residential and commercial areas were struck in Karachi. It was unclear if any security officials were among the wounded.

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Rob Walker

at 06:24 on July 7th, 2008

This story will show up on the home page for four hours. If new developments justify it, I'll renew this flag for another cycle.

Rachel Nixon

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at 07:19 on July 7th, 2008

I think this is an important story and would benefit from other NowPublic contributors working on it. I've flagged it as News Wanted and invite others in relevant locations to look for more evidence.

rumana husain

at 08:28 on July 7th, 2008

Rob, i just learnt about the explosions in karachi where i live, as i have been busy preparing to go to the airport to catch a flight. the local tv channels report seven explosions, killing two and injuring fifty.

Rachel Nixon

at 09:56 on July 7th, 2008

NowPublic member linkadnan has also provided details.

Rachel Nixon

at 09:56 on July 7th, 2008

I'm removing the urgent flag for this story for the time being. If there are any new developments, please let me know.

rumana husain

at 12:29 on July 7th, 2008

karachi is a huge metropolitan -16 million people - but the city's roads were quite deserted tonight as i came to the airport, 3 hours before my flight takes off. it was rather wierd as the city otherwise bustles with acitivity and there is quite a bit of traffic on the roads even late in the night. i guess people are just staying indoors if they dont need to be out. any way, other than the thin traffic i did not encounter any other incident/problem.

Rachel Nixon

at 12:30 on July 7th, 2008

Thanks for the update, rumana. Keep safe.

sharique23in

at 22:53 on July 7th, 2008

Pakistan being an Islamic nation and has followers of Islam.Islam has always taught resistence,peace,love, affection, harmony and God fear.I just feel after reading these stories that who are the people behind these incidents and how they can be such cruel enemies of society and humanity.It shows the weakness of rulers who rule the country who damn care about their citizens but only care for ballot boxes.Its utter failure of intelligence,ineffective policing and lack leadership.I condemn these incidents.