Bomb recovered in Keamari, disabled by controlled explosion

Published May 7, 2014
Members of the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) look on, in an cordoned off area, as a dust cloud is seen during a controlled detonation of an unexploded bomb by the BDS along a road at an oil terminal area near Karachi Port May 7, 2014. — Photo by Reuters
Members of the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) look on, in an cordoned off area, as a dust cloud is seen during a controlled detonation of an unexploded bomb by the BDS along a road at an oil terminal area near Karachi Port May 7, 2014. — Photo by Reuters
People gather near oil tankers after blast due to gas in a tanker on Maripur Road. -Photo by Online
People gather near oil tankers after blast due to gas in a tanker on Maripur Road. -Photo by Online

KARACHI: A magnetic bomb was defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) on Wednesday at the Keamari Oil terminal of Karachi, DawnNews reported.

The BDS was called in, after locals found the bound attached to an oil tanker.

The BDS team after inspection, evacuated the area and disabled the bomb by detonating it in a controlled explosion.

According to police, the bomb weighed nearly one kilogram.

A day earlier, two other blasts in oil tankers at the Keamari oil tanker had caused no casualties while another blast in an oil tanker near Gulbai chowk in Mauripur area wounded three persons.

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