Pakistani policemen gather at a bomb blast site in Karachi, June 15, 2013.<\/p>\n
At least seven people have been killed in a bomb attack targeting a senior judge in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, officials say.\n<\/p>\n
The attack took place on Wednesday as Maqbool Baqir, a senior judge at the High Court of Sindh Province, was driving in Burns Road with his security entourage.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cAccording to initial information, seven people have been killed,\u201d said Sharjeel Memon, the information minister of Sindh Province, where Karachi is the main city.\n<\/p>\n
He went on to say that six police officers and a paramilitary ranger had been killed, adding that nine others were also wounded in the attack.\n<\/p>\n
Bagir was rushed to a nearby hospital with critical injuries, police said. The judge has a reputation for honesty and was a judge for several anti-terrorism courts in the country.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cI can confirm that Justice Maqbool Baqir is critically injured,\u201d said police official Salman Syed.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThe bomb was planted on a motorbike and it was detonated by remote control,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
No group or person has yet claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.<\/p>\n
The city is home to numerous ethnic groups and has been hit by clashes between rival ethnic and political factions in the past two decades.\n<\/p>\n
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