Twin blasts in Karachi market kills six: officials

At least six people including a child were killed when two bombs went off in a busy commercial area of the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi today, police and hospital officials said.

At least six people including a 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.

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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.