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Three killed in Karachi blast

B. Muralidhar Reddy

American fast food outlet targeted

ISLAMABAD: At least three persons were killed and 15 others injured in an explosion outside the front entrance to a KFC restaurant in the port city of Karachi early on Tuesday.

The blast, which went off about 8:45 a.m. local time, damaged the restaurant, part of the global American fast food chain and burnt several cars parked along the street in front.

According to the police, the bomb was kept inside a car parked outside the restaurant. The restaurant occupies the ground floor of a government office building housing the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC).

So far no one has claimed responsibility and the authorities had no clue about the identity of the culprits behind the incident till evening. Pakistan Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed condemned it as the handiwork of "enemies" of Pakistan.

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