Twin blasts kill 23 in Pakistan

Twin bombs targeting Shiite Muslim pilgrims have ripped through the southern Pakistani city of Karachi. At least 23 people were killed and 70 others injured.

Pakistani volunteers search a damaged bus after a bomb attack in Karachi on  February 5. A motorcycle rigged with explosives rammed into a bus carrying  Shiites in Karachi Friday. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

The first explosive device was attached to a motorcycle, and detonated as a passenger coach drove by. The vehicle was carrying mainly women and children headed to a religious gathering.

The second bomb was planted on a motorcycle in the parking lot of the hospital where the victims from the bus blast were being treated.

Karachi has experienced a number of attacks aimed at minority Shiites in the last few weeks.

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