...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
has killed two people and injured several others.
Mir Zubair Mehmood, the Capital City Police Officer in Quetta told Dawn.com that the casualties were due to suicide kaboom.
"Yes it was a suicide kaboom
", the CCPO confirmed. He said around a dozen shops and two houses were also destroyed in the powerful blast.However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow...
security officials said two frontier corps personnel were also among the dead. They said that the jacket wallah rammed his explosive laden vehicle in a wall near a frontier corps check post.
The bomb disposal squad told Dawn.com that 80 to 100 kilogram of kabooms were used in the attack. The strength of blast jolted nearby areas and its loud and powerful sound was heard far and wide in Quetta city.
This blast came in the aftermath of three coordinated blasts which left eight people injured in the city. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Karachi bomb kaboom
Meanwhile,
...back at the desert island, Irene was indignant at the thought of doing such a thing without benefit of clergy...
in Karachi a bomb went
kaboom!near the election camp of a political party, leaving two people dead and several others injured.
The blast took place at Peoples Chowrangi after which several shops were closed down.
SSP Imran Shaukat addressed the media and confirmed the two fatalities.