KARACHI: At least seven people were wounded in three separate bomb attacks in Karachi late Wednesday, police said.
"These were low-intensity blasts, a total of seven people have been injured," senior police official Aamir Farooqi told AFP, adding that the injured included two policemen and a paramilitary personnel.
The blasts took place as members of Shia community were holding processions on the eighth day of the holy month of Muharram.
The first bomb went off in North Nazimabad injuring two people, Farooqi said.
Minutes later, another bomb went off as rescue workers, police and media reached the site of the first blast, injuring four people including police.
The third blast took place in North Karachi around midnight, when unidentified attackers hurled an explosive near an Imambargah, wounding a police constable, Farooqi added.
Javed Odho, another senior police official confirmed the blasts.
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