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Pakistan: PBIED blast in Karachi

Type of event:
IED - Improvised Explosive Device, Terrorist/rebel/criminal assault

Victims

1

Wounded

2

Date

April 19, 2024

What happened

According to police, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese workers in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. The Japanese citizens escaped unharmed but officials said three passers-by were injured.

The three passers-by wounded by the explosion were taken to the hospital, where one later died.

Where it happened

Main sources