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Mar

2013

6:48pm, EST

Akhtar Soomro / Reuters

Firefighters spray water to control a fire after a bomb blast in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan, March 3. The attack in a Shiite Muslim area killed at least 38 people and wounded dozens.

Blast in Shiite neighborhood of Karachi kills at least 38

Azhar Iqbal, a local police official, told the AP that a bomb appeared to have been rigged to a motorcycle and that the damage indicated there could have been additional explosives at the scene. Iqbal said several nearby buildings caught on fire. Published reports have indicated women and children were among the dead.

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