A car bomb exploded outside a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, killed at least 45 people and wounded more than 149, a senior official told the Associated Press.
No one has taken responsibility for the bombing, that took place outside a Shiite mosque as people were leaving evening prayers in Pakistan's largest city.
Initial reports suggested the bomb was rigged to a motorcycle, but a police official told the Associated Press that an estimated 220 pounds of explosives was planted in a car.
The blast outside a mosque in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi has claimed the lives of dozens. Credit: APTNSunni groups have escalated attacks against Shiites, with hundreds killed since the start of the year. Credit: APTNThe violence threatens to rip open fault-lines in Karachi. Credit: APTN
Apparent suicide bombing kills 45 at Karachi mosque
A suspected suicide bombing outside a Shiite mosque in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi has claimed the lives of 45 people and wounded 149, senior city official Hashim Raza has said.
The attack is the latest signal that Sunni groups are escalating sectarian bombings against the minority.
Karachi police chief: Children were trapped inside factory
Women and children were killed after being trapped inside a garment factory in Karachi when a blaze swept through the factory last night. Senior police official Amjad Farooqi said:
"There was only one way out, which they could not reach, to leave the building, that is why they also tried to jump from the windows, but the windows were also blocked through the grill, many women and many children, they got trapped inside."
Fire fighters in Karachi are searching for more victims in the rubble of a garment factory where more than a hundred workers died after being trapped in the blaze, which erupted last night.
Local media is reporting that around 150 employees were working at the time in one of the factory's three round-the-clock shifts, and that more than 110 bodies have been found so far.
More than a hundred garment workers died in a blaze in their factory in Karachi, Pakistan, as the factor had no emergency exits, according to police. Senior police official Amjad Farooqi said:
There were no safety measures taken in the building design. There was no emergency exit. All the people got trapped.
