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Bombs Target Pakistani Navy Buses

   VOA News  April 26, 2011
   Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard next to a damaged bush at
   the site of a bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, April 26, 2011

Photo: AP

   Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard next to a damaged bush at
   the site of a bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, April 26, 2011

   Pakistani officials say bombs have exploded near two buses carrying
   Navy personnel in Karachi, killing at least four people and wounding
   more than 50 others.
   Authorities said the remote-controlled blasts Tuesday happened minutes
   apart in different areas of the southern port city.
   No group took immediate responsibility for the attacks.
   Karachi is Pakistan's economic hub and its largest city with roughly 16
   million people. The city has been plagued by criminal, sectarian and
   militant violence.
   Last week, a bomb blast at a gambling club in the Ghas Mandi area of
   Karachi killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 35 others.
   Police said they suspect criminal gangs were responsible for the
   attack.
   Elsewhere, officials in Baluchistan province say armed men attacked a
   passenger bus late Monday and set it on fire, killing at least 13
   people. Several women and children are among those killed in the
   attack.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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