Bomb blast kills 3 people in eastern Pakistan
People are seen at the site of the blast in Karachi's Shershah area. — DawnNewsTV
A bomb blast ripped through a crowded market in eastern Pakistan on Thursday, killing three people and wounding over 20, police said.
"It was a bomb blast," a police spokesman Arif Rana told Reuters, saying a time device rigged to a motorcycle exploded outside a shop in the market.
A nine year old boy is among the three dead, he said.
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A separatist group based in southwestern Balochistan province claimed responsibility in a text message sent to a Reuters reporter.
