Several injured in bomb blasts in Karachi

Karachi: Several people, including policemen and media persons, were injured today in bomb blasts near two Shia mosques in this Pakistani city. First two blasts took place close to an Imambargah in the Pahar Ganj locality of North Nazimabad. Two hours later unknown men threw hand grenades at another Imambargah in New Karachi in which one policeman was injured. Police said that the twin remote-controlled blasts in Nazimabad took place within a space of one hour but no casualties took place. [caption id=“attachment_1228669” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational image. AFP[/caption] “So far we know that around 11 people have been injured including some policemen and reporters of two television channels in the blasts,” senior police official Aamir Farooqi said. The blasts damaged some cars and auto-rickshaws which were parked close by, Television channels reported. PTI