10-19-2007, 03:37 AM
[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Benazir's rally bomb blast : Over 100 dead</span></b>[/center]
<b>KARACHI : At least 115 people were killed and over 100 injured when the massive rally for welcoming former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was hit by massive bomb blasts on late Thursday evening, police and hospital sources said.</b>
At least 35 bodies among many whose only body parts were recovered were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. The rally was bombed just after the Karsaz flyover. Other bodies including that of 34 people were taken to Liaquat National Hospital.
It is reliably learnt that PPP Chairperson and former prime minister and other main leaders of the party who were onboard on main truck of the welcome remained safe however some of the leaders received injuries and were rushed to the nearby hospitals.
The massive bombing caused immediate halting and dispersal of the welcome rally for Benazir Bhutto right after the Karsaz flyover on Sharea Faisal. The bomb blast caused serious stampede and panic among participants of the rally who ran helter-sekelter on the Sharea Faisal and adjoining roads.
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