Bomb blast in Karachi, 43 dead.

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@khoji

It does look like a pre-meditated attack on Karachi. They first attacked the procession and killed and maimed people there, and then they attacked Karachi economically by burning one of the most important markets.

It clearly was not a sectarian attack. It was terrorism by the same people who have been attacking Pakistanis all over the country, especially Peshawar.

DAWN.COM | Local | Chemical used in ?well-planned? arson attacks

KARACHI: As firefighters succeeded in dousing the flames engulfing more than 2,000 shops on M.A. Jinnah Road following over 20 hours of effort on Tuesday, they found ‘obvious’ signs of chemicals used in the arson, lending credence to the suspicions of traders and investigators who see the arson as a premeditated and well-planned strike after a deadly attack on the Muharram procession that killed about 43 people on Monday.

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"There are visible signs of phosphorus used in the fires,” said an official at the city government’s fire department. “Further description of the particular chemical used in the arson can only be established through proper chemical examination, which has not been ordered from any side, including the investigation agencies.”

He said the markets were set on fire one by one in a matter of minutes on M.A. Jinnah Road and the blaze raged from shop to shop and floor to floor.

THis is not the first time crowds have gone on rampage after a terorist incident. We know what happened in Karachi on 28 dec 2007.