ISLAMABAD, Feb 6 (KUNA) -- The death toll in the Karachi bomb blasts have increased to 33, whereas 167 wounded are still admitted in different hospitals, said a provincial minister on Saturday.
The number of killed people in Fridays twin blasts has increased to 33, said Provincial Health Minister, Dr. Sagher Ahmed, while talking to reporters in Karachi, Pakistans largest commercial city.
He said that about 167 people were wounded, adding that near eighty-nine were still in critical condition.
Two suicide blasts struck Karachi on Friday. In both blasts the bombers had used motorcycles. In the first explosion, a suicide bomber drove his motorcycle into a bus carrying Shiite mourners on Shahra-e-Faisal Bridge and the second explosion took place outside the emergency ward of Jinnah hospital.
Provincial Home Minister, Zulfiqar Mirza, earlier Saturday told reporters that the central procession of Shiite mourners was the actual target of the terrorists. However, he said, due to effective security arrangements, the bombers could not enter in the central procession. (end) amn.ajs KUNA 061508 Feb 10NNNN