Five injured in Karachi cracker attack

KARACHI: At least five people were injured in a cracker blast carried out by unidentified assailants in Gulshan-e-Hadeed area of the metropolis on Tuesday.

Receiving information about the blast, police, rangers and rescue teams rushed at the scene and started shifting the wounded persons to the hospital.

According to initial reports, unidentified men hurled a cracker bomb on a Jashan-e-Azadi stall in the Gulshan-e-Hadeed area. The reasons behind the attack could not be ascertained yet.

The injured were identified as Amir 18, son of Danish,  Niaz Ali, 25, Anusha, wife of  Junaid,  Afzal son of  Fazal and Amir.