Blast near Karachi imambargah kills bomber, injures two others

KARACHI: An explosion outside an Imambargah on Khalid bin Waleed Road left a woman dead and two others injured on Wednesday.The explosion occurred after a guard fired at two women as they attempted to
enter the Imambargah carrying locally made explosives.A gatekeeper, identified as Muhammad Khan, and one of the women were injured. The other woman died on the spot.The injured have been taken to Jinnah hospital for treatment.Police have taken the alleged bomber’s husband and the injured woman – whose condition is stable – into custody and security officials are gathering information from witnesses at the scene.
Ambulances have reached the location and the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) has also been called to investigate the incident.Attacks on Imambargahs and the Shia community have increased in the recent past.On December 17, an explosion outside an Imambargah in Gracy Lines had killed three people including a policeman and injured 16 others.A young suicide bomber had tried to cross the police picket to enter the Imambargah, where a Majlis was ongoing, according to police.Shia professionals have also been killed in many incidents of targeted attacks across the country.