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Two Bombs Explode Near Sunni School in Karachi, Kill Eight
From The Washington PostTwo bombs ripped through an Islamic school Sunday, killing eight people and injuring 42 in the latest outbreak of violence gripping this southern port city [Karachi]. The blasts detonated near a restaurant close to the school, where thousands of Sunni Muslims study, said Fayyaz Leghari, a senior Karachi police official. An unknown number of the victims were students. There was no assertion of responsibility. A spokesman for the school, Ghulam Rabbani, said there were two explosions -- the first apparently intended to draw a crowd. "The first one was smaller. When people got to the site there was another explosion," he said. .... Explosives experts defused another bomb hidden in a plastic shopping bag near the scene of Sunday nightâs blasts, Leghari said. ... Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-08-09 |
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