The demise toll from a single day grenade assault on truck wearing girls and kids in Karachi rose to twelve on August 15.
Attackers focused the truck on August 14 nighttime because it shuttled a prolonged own circle of relatives from a marriage rite in a western Karachi neighbourhood, killing 9 human beings and wounding 9 others.
Dr Qarar Abbasi on the city’s fundamental Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital stated 3 of the injured died in the course of treatment, elevating the demise toll to twelve. The relaxation of the injured has been in strong condition. He stated seven girls and 5 kids have been the various lifeless.
Raja Umar Khitab, a counterterrorism officer, stated investigators have discovered portions of a Russian made hand grenade from the scene close to Mawach Goth. He advised a neighbourhood tv station that proof amassed recommended culprits have been chasing the truck from and threw the grenade withinside the truck crowded with the aid of using girls and kids.
Javed Akbar Riaz, a senior police officer, stated extra than 20 girls and younger kids from a prolonged own circle of relatives have been driving withinside the truck, coming back from a marriage rite whilst the assault happened.
No one has but claimed the duty for the assault. The purpose for the bombing become now no longer known, eleven though police have been brief to rule out sectarian violence.
Karachi police leader Imran Yaqub Minhas after the incident denounced it as an “act of terrorism” at the country’s Independence Day, celebrated on August 14.
Also amid the birthday party of Independence Day throughout the country, militants attacked a safety patrol withinside the restive southwestern Baluchistan province, triggering a shootout that left 3 militants and a soldier lifeless close to Shahrig withinside the Loralai district.
In a quick statement, the army stated there has banned the trade of gunfire after militants opened hearthplace on a safety car and that squaddies have been additionally wounded in the course of the trade.