Serial blasts rock 12 Shell gas stations in Pak
Thursday, May 15 2003 13:02 Hrs (IST)
Islamabad: A series of bomb blasts rocked 12 gas stations in the Pakistani Southern port city of Karachi
on May 15 injuring one person, a senior police officer said.
Some 12 bombs exploded at Shell petrol pumps, owned by multi-national companies, smashing glasses
and causing slight damage to the building, provincial Police Chief Syed Kamal Shah said.
Over the course of three hours, two men on a motorcycle went from one Shell station to the next, got
gas and placed explosive devices in garbage cans.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks but authorities suspect the motive behind them was to
target Western interests. The Royal Dutch Shell group is an Anglo-Dutch company based in London but
has a US-based arm.
Police, who are investigating said one blast occurred at a petrol pump close to Governor House.
The blasts took place despite tight security for the processions on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi.
PTI
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