People gather at the blast site in Karachi on March 3, 2013. At least 40 people including women and kids were killed and over 135 people were injured when twin blasts hit Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night, local media and police said. (Xinhua/Masroor) 

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40 killed, 135 injured in twin blasts in Pakistan's Karachi

ISLAMABAD, March 3 (Xinhua) -- At least 40 people were killed and over 135 others injured when twin blasts hit a residential area in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night, local health official said.

Aftab Khatri, Health Secretary of Sindh said that the death toll may further rise 50 because the injured people including a large number of women and kids are in a critical condition. Full story

Fire rages from the blast site in Karachi on March 3, 2013. At least 40 people including women and kids were killed and over 135 people were injured when twin blasts hit Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night, local media and police said. (Xinhua/Masroor)

People work at the blast site in Karachi on March 3, 2013. At least 40 people including women and kids were killed and over 135 people were injured when twin blasts hit Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night, local media and police said. (Xinhua/Masroor)

People gathered around bodies of blast victims at a hospital in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on March 3, 2013. At least 40 people including women and kids were killed and over 135 others injured when twin blasts hit Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night, local officails said. (Xinhua/Arshad)

Residents gather at the twin blasts site in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on March 3, 2013. At least 40 people were killed and over 135 others injured when twin blasts hit a residential area in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night, local health official said. (Xinhua/Masroor)

Residents work at the twin blasts site in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on March 3, 2013. At least 40 people were killed and over 135 others injured when twin blasts hit a residential area in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night, local health official said. (Xinhua/Masroor)

People gather at the blast site in Karachi on March 3, 2013. At least 40 people including women and kids were killed and over 135 people were injured when twin blasts hit Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night, local media and police said. (Xinhua/Masroor)