Four killed, many injured in bomb blast, grenade attack.

Karachi -- Four persons, including two Rangers personnel, were killed and eleven others got seriously injured in three separate blast incidents took place in Ghotki, Karachi and Larkana.

According to the details provided by police sources, a powerful blast took place near a security forces' vehicle in Sindh's Ghotki on early Friday morning killing two Ranger personnel and a passerby.

Heavy contingents of police and Rangers reached the site shortly after the blast and cordoned off the area. According to police, it occurred near a Rangers vehicle.

The deceased included two Rangers personnel, Zahoor Ahmed and Fayyaz Ahmed, and a passerby, Ghulam Mustafa. Rescue workers shifted the wounded to hospitals, police officials said.

According to DSP Hafiz Qadir, Rangers personnel were buying meat in the market when a big blast took place and three persons were killed on the spot.

He said that the dead bodies and injured were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Ghotki. The officials said that the bomb was planted near a meat shop in the market. Police have collected evidences and started further investigation, private news channels reported.

Meanwhile, A hand grenade attack near an Ehsaas Programme centre in Karachi killed one and wounded six on Friday, according to the Superintendent of Police Central Aslam Rao.

According to the police sources, the incident occurred at a college in Liaquatabad No 10, where under the Ehsaas programme cash was being distributed among the needy. According to SSP Liaquatabad, in the hand grenade attack, a Rangers officer was also wounded.

The attack caused damage to a Rangers' vehicle parked nearby, said the policeman, adding that those wounded in the attack included people who had gathered to...