location: Karachi
notes: On February 5, at least 34 people were killed and more than 100 injured in two bomb attacks by suspected TTP militants in Karachi. The first was a bomb blast on Shahra-e-Faisal which hit a bus carrying Shia Chehlum procession mourners, killing 12 and wounding over 50. The second was caused by a motorcycle with a bomb on it outside Jinnah Hospital where the wounded from the first blast were taken, killing 13 and wounding more than 50. There was dispute over whether the attacks were suicide blasts or remote detonations. Police claimed they also defused a bomb planted in a television set at the hospital. By Feb.8 the death toll had risen to a total of 34.
target_text: location: Karachi, fatalities: 34