Twin suicide bombs at Shah Ghazi’s shrine leave 7 dead

 KARACHI: Seven people including two children were killed and over 65 others injured when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday.

Two heads, believed to be of the bombers aged between 14 and 16 years, have been recovered from the blasts site where severed limbs and human flesh littered the ground, sources said.

Sindh Home Minister Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza who arrived at the scene immediately after the incident, said: “I think the two heads recovered from the blasts site must be of the suicide bombers.” 

Head of Emergency, Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Dr. Seemi Jamali put the number of injured at 60.

A large number of poor and deserving people as well as others gather at Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine everyday and the number grows manifold, particularly, on Thursday. 

The incident occurred on a day when President Asif Ali Zardari is in the metropolis. The shine is located not far from Bilawal House, residence of President Asif Ali Zardari in the city.

Rangers and heavy contingents of police as well as emergency services arrived at the blasts site soon after the blasts. Ambulances rushed the injured and bodies to nearby hospital.

Sindh Home Minister Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza also arrived at the scene immediately after the blasts.

President Asif Ali Zardari, who is in Karachi, condemned the deadly incident.