Karachi Bomb Blast

Published April 5, 2012
Pakistani security officials inspect a damaged armoured police vehicle at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Karachi on April 5, 2012.?Photo by AFP
Pakistani security officials inspect a damaged armoured police vehicle at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Karachi on April 5, 2012.?Photo by AFP
Hospital staff assist a man, injured in a bomb blast, after he was brought to the Jinnah hospital for treatment in Karachi April 5, 2012.?Photo by Reuters
Hospital staff assist a man, injured in a bomb blast, after he was brought to the Jinnah hospital for treatment in Karachi April 5, 2012.?Photo by Reuters
A man injured in a bomb blast lies down next to a dead victim in an ambulance, as they are brought to the Jinnah hospital from the site in Karachi April 5, 2012?Photo by Reuters.
A man injured in a bomb blast lies down next to a dead victim in an ambulance, as they are brought to the Jinnah hospital from the site in Karachi April 5, 2012?Photo by Reuters.
Pakistani security officials secure the area of a suicide attack in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, April 5, 2012. ?Photo by AP
Pakistani security officials secure the area of a suicide attack in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, April 5, 2012. ?Photo by AP
A Pakistani police officer searches the area after a suicide attack on Thursday, April 5, 2012. ?Photo by AP
A Pakistani police officer searches the area after a suicide attack on Thursday, April 5, 2012. ?Photo by AP
Pakistani paramilitary soldiers gather in the cordoned-off the site of a suicide bomb attack in Karachi on April 5, 2012. ?Photo by AFP.
Pakistani paramilitary soldiers gather in the cordoned-off the site of a suicide bomb attack in Karachi on April 5, 2012. ?Photo by AFP.

At least three people lost their lives while 13 others were injured in Karachi when a bomb exploded next to a convoy of police vehicles.—Photos and Text by Agencies

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