The News International, March 3, 2013

KARACHI: At least 45 people including women and children were killed and over 140 others sustained injuries after a powerful blast ripped through a densely populated area near Abbas Town, Health Department of Sindh said Sunday.

According to sources, the perpetrators used a remote-detonated improvised explosive device (IED) planted at the entrance of Abbas Town to bomb their targets  [....] The blast left a four-feet deep and ten-feet wide crater, security officials said later  [....]

"There are many teashops and eateries in the area so we fear the casualties might rise", said police. Police added that the target of the bombing were the worshipers coming out of a nearby mosque.

The blast left two apartment buildings, dozens of shops, and a couple of nearby bank branches in ruins, sources said. "So powerful was the explosion that the facades of several apartments facing the site of blast were blown off the buildings. Windowpanes of most of the surrounding buildings turned into smithereens. Even some doors came off the hinges", they added [....]