(4 May 2013) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of blast scene near Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarters in the Azizabad area of central Karachi
2. Mid of upside down, blood stains on the ground; MQM's election office in the background
3. Wide of partially destroyed wall of election office of the MQM
4. Close of rubble
5. Wide of damaged rickshaw at the blast site
6. Close up of crater, cloth on the ground
7. Shot of security at the scene of blast
8. Wide of damaged rickshaw with people gathered around it
9. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mohammad Zulfiqar, rescue worker:
"The first blast occurred near a passing rickshaw. When we reached the spot we saw the injured rickshaw driver and a girl. People were asked to stay away from the blast site saying there may be another blast. Anything can happen. In the meanwhile, the second blast occurred in front of the election office of the MQM".
10. Ambulance arriving at Abbasi Shahed Hospital
11. Rescuers pushing stretcher carrying an injured woman into the emergency of the hospital
12. Man carrying an injured child in the hospital
13. Injured man with clothes covered in blood being taken to hospital on stretcher
14. Two bodies lying in the hospital morgue of the hospital
15. Exterior of the hospital
STORYLINE
Two blasts in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi killed three people near the office of a political party critical of the Taliban, a police officer said, heightening tensions ahead of the country's historic May 11 election.
A police officer said the explosions late on Saturday also wounded another 22 people. A spokesman for the Taliban, Ahsanullah Ahsan, claimed responsibility.
Children and three paramilitary rangers were among those injured.
Pakistan has been experiencing a wave of violence connected to historic elections scheduled for next Saturday, mostly at the hands of Taliban militants targeting various political parties and their candidates.
The vote will be the country's first transfer of power from one elected civilian government to another.
The police officer said the explosions went off near the offices of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the biggest political party in the city.
It is one of three liberal, secular parties that have been targeted by Taliban militants across the country, likely due to their support for military action against militants that operate from Pakistan's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
Mohammad Zulfiqar, a rescue worker said the first blast occurred near a passing rickshaw. He added people were asked to stay away from the scene due to fears of another explosion.
The second blast occurred about twenty minutes after the first in front of the election office of the MQM.
It was the second day in a row that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement found itself under attack after gunmen riding on a motorcycle killed a prominent party activist from the political party on Friday.
Find out more about AP Archive: [ Ссылка ]
Twitter: [ Ссылка ]
Facebook: [ Ссылка ]
Instagram: [ Ссылка ]
You can license this story through AP Archive: [ Ссылка ]
