KARACHI, Nov 23: The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday for twin bomb attacks targeting Shias in Karachi overnight that killed seven people and wounded many others.

Shahidullah Shahid, a spokesman for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, said that the bomb blasts were carried out in revenge for violence in Rawalpindi on Ashura day.

He said the attacks were aimed at Shias in Karachi, and vowed further violence.

“It was to avenge the Rawalpindi incident, we will carry out more such attacks to avenge the killing of Sunnis,” the TTP spokesman told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.

The explosions in Karachi on Friday night took place within minutes of each other in Ancholi, a predominantly Shia area.—AFP