The March 2013 Karachi bombing was a terrorist attack that struck a predominantly

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area inside Abbas Town,

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on 3 March 2013. At least 48+ people were killed and more than 180+ others injured after a

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was detonated outside a Shia mosque

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, just as locals were leaving after the evening's services. As rescuers gathered to the scene of the bombings, a second blast caused even more destruction. Authorities suspected the Sunni militant group Lashkar-e Jhangvi of being behind the attacks. This was the first major incident within the city since a wave of target killings left more than 300 dead in the summer of 2011.

Arrest of suspects

Sindh police arrested three suspects involved in the blast, ''Shoaib Mehsud'', ''Khalid Rehman Mehsud'' and ''Aurangzaib Mehsud''. These are the members of

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(TTP) and arrested during the targeted operation in

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on 13 March 2013.

References

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