8 killed in Karachi shrine suicide bomb attack

KARACHI - At least eight people were killed at the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine in Karachi on Thursday in a suicide bomb attack.

Preliminary reports said that two suicide bombers were involved in the attack in the southern Pakistani city.

The provincial government has declared a state of emergency in all hospitals of the city to facilitate prompt treatment of those injured in the incident. The exact death and injury toll is yet to be ascertained, the Dawn quoted Karachi Police sources, as saying.

The shrine is located near the coast of the Arabian Sea. (ANI)