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At least eight persons were killed, while several others injured as a blast took place in a house adjacent to a mosque at Baldia Town, Karachi.Police expressed the likelihood that the terrorists might have been planning for a terrorist activity when the explosives detonated, killing eight people on the spot. Police seized two motorcycles, two suicide vests, four hand grenades, three Klashnikovs, a huge cache of arms and explosive material from the house which was reportedly on rent. The law enforcement agencies threw cordon around the area and Bomb Disposal Squad kicked off its work. The rescue teams reached the site and started shifting the injured to hospitals.Police also nabbed three suspects aged between 20 to 25 years from the site, who did not seem locals, and shifted them to Baldia Town Police Station for grilling.Terror gripped the whole area, while the rescue teams are busy in removing debris to retrieve the bodies. Meanwhile, MQM leader Farooq Sattar, while talking to Dunya News, said that the initial investigation has revealed that the said house was a terrorists hideout. He expressed the need to introduce the community policing system to exchange information and keep a vigilant eye on suspects, adding that complete information should be taken before renting out the houses.
