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| Two Bombs Explode Near Sunni School in Karachi, Kill Eight |
| 2004-08-09 |
| From The Washington Post Two 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 night’s blasts, Leghari said. ... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |