One killed, 13 injured as explosion rips through Karachi's Saddar area

[MenInG]

At least one person was killed and thirteen were left injured in a blast that rocked the Saddar area of Karachi late Thursday night.

According to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) South Sharjeel Kharal, several cars were also damaged during the blast while the windows of the nearby buildings were shattered.

He added that the nature of the blast is currently being determined by the bomb disposal squad, while the injured have been shifted to the city's Jinnah Hospital.

An emergency has been imposed in all public hospitals of Karachi, while sources at the Jinnah Hospital said that the condition of four individuals is serious.

Hospital sources added that the people brought to the hospital have sustained injuries caused by ball-bearings.

According to the initial report submitted to Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah by the DIG South, an improvised explosive device (IED) was installed in a motorcycle. The blast occurred near the United Bakery.

Meanwhile, sources told Geo News that a vehicle belonging to the Coast Guard was targetted as the vehicle was parked near the site of the blast.

Sources added that all the individuals in the vehicle, as well as the driver, are safe.

On the other hand, DIG South said that no specific vehicle or institution was targetted in the blast.

Extending his condolences to the family of the deceased, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed deep sorrow over the loss of precious live.

He prayed for the speedy recovery of all those injured in the blast directing CM Sindh to ensure proper medical facilities were being provided to the injured.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shehbaz, in a statement, condemned the blast and expressed grief over the loss of life. The PML-N leader also prayed for the early recovery of those injured.

GEO

 

[sweep_shot]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun.

Not another BLA attack hopefully.

 

[mazkhan]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun.

Not another BLA attack hopefully.

Amazing how a few million balochis and waziri/dawar/mahsuds have got a nation of 200 million by the short and curlys.

Can someone strike bajwa in the head with a bata chapal

 

[daytrader]

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[MenInG]

KARACHI: ARY News has acquired another Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) footage of the Karachi blast that took place in city’s busiest Saddar Town area late Thursday night, ARY News reported.

The CCTV footage shows a suspicious man parking the bicycle on Daud Pota Road located in the commercial locality of Saddar, the area where the blast took place on Thursday night.

The explosive-laden bicycle was parked 30 minutes before the incident, according to investigators.

At least one passerby was killed and nine injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a bicycle went off in a busy area of Saddar.

The explosion caused substantive damage to property, including vehicles, in the area.

Eyewitnesses told ARY News that several persons on motorcycles and cars got injured in the blast who were passing through the street.

Soon after the blast, heavy contingents of police and Rangers cordoned off the whole area, whereas, the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) started the investigation to ascertain the genre of the explosion.

It was learnt that a government vehicle was passing through the road at the time of the explosion. The government workers travelling in the vehicle got injured and had been shifted to the hospital.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed regret over the incident and extended condolences to the deceased’s family.

He prayed for the quick recovery of the injured and instructed CM Shah to provide the best medical care to them.

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah also took notice of the incident and summoned a report from the chief secretary and the IGP.

ARY

 

[MenInG]

The investigation agencies on Friday said the involvement of foreign agencies in Karachi's Saddar blast cannot be ruled out.

According to the investigation agencies, there can be more than one banned organisation involved in the explosion and the bomb may have been planted in the bicycle by one of those organisations.

The explosives used in the bombing were locally made but were powerful. The bomb weighed two-and-a-half kilogrammes, containing ball-bearings and explosives, the investigation showed.

"These types of bicycle bombs are used by banned nationalist organisations in Balochistan," said the investigators.

The investigation team further added that the terrorist detonated the bomb when the Coast Guard van arrived at the site and then fled from behind the tea hotel, where he sat for some time after parking his bicycle.

A CCTV footage of the location, which has been obtained by law enforcement agencies (LEAs), shows that a young man was involved in the bombing.

GEO

 

[daytrader]

Karachi Saddar blast: Law enforcers kill two suspected terrorists in Mauripur operation

Two men suspected of terrorist involvement in the recent Karachi Saddar blast were killed during a joint operation by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and intelligence agencies, Geo News reported Wednesday.

A blast on Thursday night in Karachi’s Saddar area killed one person and left 13 injured. According to the initial report, an improvised explosive device (IED) was planted on a bicycle.

In a joint operation, the CTD and intelligence agencies raided an area in Mauripur on receiving intelligence about the presence of the suspects involved in the blast.

Two suspects were killed, while one flee the scene, according to CTD in-charge Mazhar Mashwani. He said the suspected terrorists were identified as Allah Dino and Nawab, confirming they might be involved in Karachi’s Saddar blast.

Meanwhile, sources claimed that the main accused of Karachi’s Saddar area blast has been killed with his partner.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/417519-su...achis-saddar-area-killed-during-the-operation

 

[silentkiller187]

Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Deputy Inspector General Syed Khurram Ali shared on Thursday that the alleged mastermind of the improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Karachi's Saddar area earlier this month, was trained in Iran and received instructions and money from the head of the outlawed Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) Asghar Shah, who was residing in the neighbouring country.

On May 12, an IED blast ripped through the busy Saddar area, killing a passerby and injuring several others. A number of vehicles were damaged as well, among which was a vehicle of the Pakistan Coast Guards. The banned SRA subsequently claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted the Coast Guards' vehicle.

Yesterday, two men, identified as Allah Dino, 28, and his accomplice Nawab Ali, 26, were killed in an encounter with counter-terror police.

A spokesperson for the CTD said in a statement issued on Thursday that officials, during the course of investigating the May 12 blast, found three men trying to move explosive material and tools on a motorcycle a day earlier within the jurisdiction of the Mochka police station in the city.

When officials tried to stop the three suspects, they opened fire on the police. In the ensuing exchange of fire, two of the alleged terrorists were killed while the third escaped, the spokesperson said.

He further said the two killed terrorists — Dino and Ali — were associated with the Asghar Shah branch of the proscribed SRA.

'Trained across the border'
Addressing a press conference alongside Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab today, the DIG said Dino was an expert of making IEDs and had been involved in terrorist activities at different levels, including attacking railway tracks.

"He went to Iran and was trained there."

The DIG played a CCTV video of Dino and said that the terrorist could be seen walking with the bicycle, in which the IED was believed to be fitted, for five kilometres before parking it and sitting at a restaurant from where he detonated the bomb via remote control.

Dino then sat in a rickshaw and left, he added.

The attacker was living in the city's Gizri area along with his accomplice, Ali said. "We have technical evidence. We [traced] his number through geofencing. It is evident this is the same person.

"We have an audio clip too in which he outlined his plan to carry out similar attacks elsewhere. He was involved in both kinetic and non-kinetic activities."

The DIG also played an audio recording of a call between SRA head Asghar Shah and Dino, adding that the attacker received money and instructions from Shah.

According to the statement from the CTD spokesperson, Dino and Nawab Ali had received Rs178,000 from the SRA through a mobile cash wallet to carry out terrorist activities.

Meanwhile, the DIG, in his press conference said Dino's accomplices had disclosed that attacks on railway tracks were carried out for Rs10,000 to 15,000 while attacks like the Saddar IED blast were done for Rs50,000.

Dino had previously been arrested in connection with an FIR registered in 2021 for "criminal conspiracy against the country's integrity" and was out on bail, the CTD spokesperson said.

"The killed terrorist was involved in destroying railway tracks in different districts of Sindh. He was in contact with SRA's Asghar Shah, Aqib Chandio and Noor Chandio."

The search for the escaped suspect was under way, the spokesperson said. He added that intelligence-based operations (IBOs) had been carried out, as a result of which other members of the terrorist network — Mohammad Sabir and Nadeem Ali Mugheri — were arrested along with weapons and ammunition and further investigations were ongoing.

Wahab urges courts to revisit bail policy
Meanwhile, Murtaza Wahab urged the courts to revisit the policy of granting bails, pointing out that Dino had been arrested by law enforcement agencies but was out on bail.

"When he came out, he was again involved in such activities and tried to cause huge damage to the country. I will request the courts to look at the bail policy for people involved in such anti-Pakistan, anti-state activities because the FIR [against Dino] included these sections. If such people are given bail, it will be a danger for us all."

The SRA head Shah was trying to "incite innocent people against Pakistan, the governments and law enforcement agencies", Wahab said and stressed the need to defeat Shah's narrative.

"People who themselves have fled this country are trying to disturb the peace of this city and attempt to misuse innocent people for some money."

The administrator further said that action would be taken against the terrorists who were arrested in accordance with the law.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1690455/s...-from-banned-groups-head-in-iran-ctd-official

 

[MenInG]

HYDERABAD: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested Manzoor Hussain – an ‘accomplice namely of the encountered suspect’ of Karachi’s Saddar bomb blast – during a raid in Hyderabad.

The CTD spokesperson said in a statement that Manzoor Hussain was arrested from Hyderabad’s Subhan Colony who was an accomplice of the suspected terrorist killed in an encounter in Karachi’s Maripur area.

The spokesperson added that Manzoor Hussain is also involved in a railway track bomb blast incident. The arrested suspect was involved in anti-state and terrorist activities. It was learnt that Hussain had also made a failed attempt to conduct an IED blast on March 23.

ARY