KARACHI: A blast apparently caused by a suicide vest stored in a house in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi killed eight suspected militants Friday.
The explosion occurred in Baldia, a mostly ethnic Pashtun neighborhood where many militants are suspected to be hiding out, police chief Wasim Ahmad told The Associated Press. TV footage showed police seizing guns, suicide vests and grenades from the site.
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said some people from the northwestern Swat Valley, a region where the army has waged an offensive against the Taleban, were believed to have been staying at the house along with some guests, but said the investigation was ongoing.
Local resident Noor Mohammed said he rushed to the scene just after the explosion and saw some of the dead men were wearing camouflage jackets.
He said some men moved into the house about three months ago.
Blood was splattered around the walls of the front room of the house, whose roof and walls were damaged. Some body parts were visible in the rubble.
