At least 41 killed and many wounded in attack carried out by unidentified gunmen in Karachi’s Safoora Chowk area.
Unidentified gunmen have opened fire on a bus in the port city of Karachi, killing at least 41 people and wounding many more, hospital sources have told Al Jazeera.
Sixteen women were among the dead. A further 20 people are critically injured.
“Their condition is serious and they were covered in blood when they came in,” said Salma Wahid, a hospital official.
Those wounded are being treated at the Memon Medical Institute and Hospital.
The bus belonged to the al-Azhar Trust, a welfare arm of the Ismaili Muslim sect.
The attack occurred in the Safoora Chowk area of Pakistan’s largest city on Wednesday.
Source: Al Jazeera
