Suspected suicide blast hits heart of Pakistani capital -police


  • World
  • Saturday, 24 May 2014

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A bomb explosion hit the heart of the Pakistani capital on Saturday morning and police said it was caused by a suspected suicide bomber whose vest may have detonated prematurely.

The suspected bomber was in critical condition after the blast at a popular complex of shops in Islamabad but no one else was wounded, a senior policeman at the scene told Reuters.

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