ISLAMABAD, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- A blast hit a passenger bus in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday, leaving at least six people injured, the police said.
Unknown miscreants had planted explosive material at the main gate of a bus terminal in the Shireen Jinnah Colony area of Karachi, the provincial capital of south Sindh province, police officials told local media, adding that the explosives went off when the passenger bus was passing through the gate.
Rescue teams along with security forces and bomb disposal squad reached the spot soon after the explosion was reported and shifted the wounded to a nearby hospital.
Hospital sources told local media that three among the injured are in critical condition.
According to the bomb disposal squad, nearly 1 kg of explosives were used in the blast, adding that ball bearings and other sharp objects made of iron have also been recovered from the site of the blast.
No group or person has claimed the blast yet.
Taking notice of the incident, Inspector General of Police in Sindh Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar sought detailed reports from the concerned departments and directed them to arrest the culprits as soon as possible. Enditem
