Blasts wound 30, kill 1 in Pakistan

July 7th, 2008 posted by admin

(CNN) — A series of blasts went off Monday in Karachi, Pakistan, killing one person and wounding at least 30, police told CNN.

Police reported five blasts at various areas throughout the city — at least one of them near a police station. Karachi police told CNN a motorbike, a bicycle and a truck were involved in three of the bombs.

Pakistan’s ARY One World television reported that seven blasts in less than three hours killed two people and wounded at least 50, including 15 children.

Nobody claimed responsibility in the immediate aftermath of the explosions.

The Associated Press reported the blasts happened in residential and commercial areas.

A statement on the Web site of state-run Associated Press of Pakistan news agency said one blast was at a market, another was at a gas pump, and a third was in a car.

The one person killed was in Qasba colony, Pakistan police said.

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