Off the wire
• China to provide 15 mln yuan worth of relief supplies to Sri Lanka  • S.Korea to launch preparatory committee for WWII sex slavery victims foundation  • China provides Venezuela with much-needed medicine against Zika  • Russia sees 4 cease-fire violations in Syria  • Thunderstorms, cloudbursts kill 24 in north India  • Australian resident tests positive for Zika following trip abroad  • 1st LD Writethru: Checkpoint skirmish kills 11 in Afghanistan  • 5 killed in clash between two families in north India  • Urgent: 3 people injured as blast hits Pakistan's Karachi city  • FLASH: 3 PEOPLE, INCLUDING FOREIGNER, INJURED AS BLAST HITS PAKISTAN'S KARACHI CITY -- LOCAL MEDIA  
You are here: 　 Home

1st LD Writethru: 3 including foreigner injured as blast hit Pakistan's Karachi city

Xinhua, May 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

Three people including one foreigner were injured when a blast hit a vehicle in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Monday morning, reported local Urdu TV channel ARY.

The nationality of the injured is yet to be determined. But the name of the injured foreigner (Fan Chi in pronunciation) indicates he or she could be an Asian.

The other two injured in the blast include a bodyguard and a driver, said local TV channel Geo.

According to the local media reports, the blast took place at about 10:00 am (local time) when a Toyota-made Hiace MPV with a plate number JF-7639 moving on the National Highway in the eastern part of the city was hit by a remote-controlled bomb planted on the green belt along the road.

Rao Anwar, a senior superintendent police officer of the city, said that a threat letter of a nationalist group was found on the blast site. However, he did not reveal the contents of the letter.

The injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital where they are said to be in stable condition. Endit