On February 5, 2010, two suicidal blasts struck the metropolitan city of Karachi killing 15 people and leaving 70 wounded. The first attack mainly targeted the Shia mourners traveling to join the Muharram processions. The second blast took place outside the emergency department of Jinnah Hospital, where the injured were being shifted. The attacks came 40 days after the Ashura bombing that killed over 40 people. Unfortunately, Karachi has had a history of violences of both ethnic and sectarian nature