Deadly bomb blast at Karachi election office killed 10

Local candidate of secular Awami National Party reportedly targeted by explosion that left at least ten people dead.

A car bomb has exploded outside a secular party's election office in Pakistan's commercial hub of Karachi killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens, officials have said.

The bomb went off on Friday close to the office of the Awami National Party's (ANP) candidate in the city's western neighbourhood of Mominabad, local police said.

It was an improvised explosive device planted in a Suzuki car, police spokesman Imran Shaukat said.

Witnesses said the blast was heard several kilometres away and damaged nearby shops and houses.

Bashir Jan, a local ANP candidate, was reportedly the target of the attack. He was set to address a meeting in the impoverished area, which is home to many ethnic Pashtuns, police said.

Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan claimed responsibility fo the attack in a telephone call to the AP news agency from an undisclosed location.
Source: Aljazeera Posted by Unknown 4/27/2013