Explosion near Karachi's Khadda Market, no casualties reported

Dunya News

The squad revealed that there were no signs of gas-cylinder explosion.

 

KARACHI (Dunay News) – A blast took place near Karachi Defence Khadda Market in a stolen car, however, no casualties were reported, police revealed on Monday.

According to police details, the car was stolen on Sunday night from Jamshed Quarter and in the morning it was traced in an empty plot near Khadda Market in DHA.

 



The Karachi bomb disposal squad reached the scene and found six gas-cylinders with at least 8-10kg of explosives.

The squad reported that there was no evidence of gas-cylinder explosion. The explosion occurred due to homemade vehicle-borne improvised explosive device that was luckily failed to detonate completely.



The team has collected the evidences from the scene and cleared the area. Further investigation into the mater is underway.