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child were killed when two
bombs went off in a busy
commercial area of the
southern Pakistani port city of
Karachi on Tuesday, police and hospital officials said. The
bombs went off in quick
succession in the usually
crowded Hyderi Market in
central Karachi during the
evening rush hour, police officer Azam Khan said. One
bomb exploded in a dustbin
and three minutes later
another went off at the main
parking lot in which about a
dozen vehicles were damaged, he said. "We suspect the bomb
was planted in a car or a
motorbike parked in the area.
"Casualties were caused by the
second blast," he added,
confirming that at least six people were killed including a
nine-year-old child. More than
15 others have been
wounded. The powerful blasts
were heard several kilometres
away, residents said. The casualties were taken to the
local Abbasi Shaheed Hospital...
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