At least twelve die in suicide attack on prominent Karachi mosque

October 7th, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by BNO News  

KARACHI (BNO NEWS) — Two suicide bomb blasts and a subsequent stampede at a prominent Karachi mosque killed at least twelve people and injured dozens more on Thursday, police said.

The blasts, which officials believe were caused by suicide bombers, happened in front of the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine in the Clifton neighborhood of Karachi. It was followed by a stampede as hundreds of people tried to escape the scene.

Police confirmed that at least twelve people had been killed in the blasts, while at least 53 others were injured in both the explosions as well as the stampede.

An emergency has been declared at all regional hospitals.

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