18 February 2013 - 20:30

No casualties were reported as a “homemade bomb” went off near the FTC flyover, where a number of Shia community members had been protesting against the Quetta carnage earlier in the day.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - If the day-long protests and shutdowns weren’t enough, two loud explosions rocked Karachi later in the night.No casualties were reported as a “homemade bomb” went off near the FTC flyover, where a number of Shia community members had been protesting against the Quetta carnage earlier in the day.The police cordoned off the site, where a crater was formed due to the explosion, Saddar SHO Chaudhry Mohammed Irshad said. Bomb disposal experts were called in.Crime Investigation Department SSP Raja Umar Khattab said the explosive device, packed with ball bearings, was a remote-controlled one and weighed between two and three kilograms./129