GEO Pakistan
30 hurt in Karachi procession blast
Updated at: 1642 PST, Monday, December 28, 2009
KARACHI: At least 30 people were injured in a powerful blast in the front part of the Central mourning procession that just arrived in front of Denso Hall, Geo News reported police sources saying Monday.
Police sources said they are trying to confirm the nature of the blast.
The enraged people pelted the police vehicles with the stones following the blast.
Meantime, some eyewitnesses said they heard the sounds of gunshots on the occasion.
The ambulances soon arrived on the blast site and are currently shifting the injured to the hospitals, where emergency has been declared.