A man was killed and nine others were injured when a car bomb exploded in the Defence Housing Authority here, police said. The explosion was roughly three kilometres away from the scenic Defence Golf Club where Indian singer Sonu Nigam along with Pakistani singers Fareeha Pervaiz and Amjad Sabri was performing for the first time before an avid Pakistani audience.
| If the boom was 3000 meters from where they were singing, I doubt if it was directed at them, no matter how horribly they were caterwauling. |
âA bomb planted in the car exploded about three kilometres away from the Defence Golf Club in Gizri in which one man is killed and three others injured,â Capital City Police Officer Asad Ashraf Mallick told Daily Times. However, the blast did not disrupt the concert, officials said.
| They may not have even heard it... |
| "Amjad, talk to the drummer, that crescendo boom came in late!" |
The deceased was identified as Farrukh Zareen Effendi, the son of a sub-inspector, Zareen Effendi. The injured were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre JPMC and a private hospital. Two of the injured were in critical condition. Some witnesses said a Suzuki Margala car parked near the Marina Club in Gizri exploded with a bang and destroyed two other cars nearby.
| "Hmmm... That's significant, I think! Legume, make a note: 'The car exploded with a bang, not a boom.'" |
Officials said the car had been snatched from Muhammad Rashid in the Aziz Bhatti Police Station area just a couple of hours before the incident.
| The Bad Guys grabbed it at the cop shoppe? That was fairly testicular, wasn't it? |
Unconfirmed reports said it was suicide bombing, but the officials denied it. âIt was not a case of suicide bombing,â Mr Mallick said. He said the Indian singerâs concert had been arranged with a three kilometres security radius. Bomb disposal squad officials said the bomb was fixed with a timer. |