At least 10 people, including two children, were killed and 45 others injured in a powerful bomb blast in an industrial area here on Monday.The blast occurred at the busy Gul Ahmed roundabout at Landhi Industrial Area in Qaidabad at about 8.30 pm. Many of the victims were workers of a nearby textile mill. Police said the bomb was hidden in a motorcycle that was blown to bits.The commercial area was packed with people at the time of the blast, which was heard from a kilometre away. The explosion ripped through people crowded around mobile kiosks selling vegetables and fruits. Doctors at the Jinnah Hospital said the dead and injured were hit by metal pellets that were packed into the bomb.A large crowd gathered in the area after the blast, shouting slogans and causing a traffic snarl. Police and Pakistan Rangers rushed to the spot to control the situation. The Edhi Foundation, an NGO, rushed nearly 40 ambulances to the area.Pools of blood, shoes, chappals and vegetables lay scattered at the site of blast, which was thronged by a large number of people despite efforts by the security forces to cordon off the area.
