Ten killed in Karachi bomb attack

April 27, 2013 02:11 am | Updated November 16, 2021 08:12 pm IST - ISLAMABAD

Pakistani para-military troops cordon off the site of an explosion in Karachi, Pakistan Friday, April 26, 2013.  A bomb planted near the office of a political party threatened by the Taliban has killed many people in southern Pakistan, police said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistani para-military troops cordon off the site of an explosion in Karachi, Pakistan Friday, April 26, 2013. A bomb planted near the office of a political party threatened by the Taliban has killed many people in southern Pakistan, police said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

At least 10 people were feared dead in a bomb blast that targeted yet another candidate from the Awami National Party in Karachi late on Friday. Nearly 40 people, some of them children, were injured in the blast that took place near a corner meeting organised in Mominabad area of Orangi Town for ANP candidate Bashir Jan.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility. On Thursday, five people were killed in a blast at a Muttahida Qaumi Movement election office in Karachi. Much before candidates hit the campaign trail, the TTP had warned people against attending election rallies.

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