Two youngsters survey the site of the blast on Wednesday. Fahim Siddiqi/White Star
KARACHI: A passer-by and her two children were killed and two others wounded in what police described as a cylinder blast inside an eatery in a multistorey building on main University Road on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said.
The blast also caused substantive damage to the property and triggered panic among residents.
According to Gulistan-i-Jauhar SHO Azam Gopang, the gas cylinder exploded inside a pizza shop near the Mosamiyat roundabout at around 10.30am.
The blast was so powerful that it destroyed walls of the eatery as well as two adjoining shops and damaged a vehicle of the K-Electric parked outside.
Two youngsters survey the site of the blast on Wednesday. Fahim Siddiqi/White Star
KARACHI: A passer-by and her two children were killed and two others wounded in what police described as a cylinder blast inside an eatery in a multistorey building on main University Road on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said.
The blast also caused substantive damage to the property and triggered panic among residents.
According to Gulistan-i-Jauhar SHO Azam Gopang, the gas cylinder exploded inside a pizza shop near the Mosamiyat roundabout at around 10.30am.
The blast was so powerful that it destroyed walls of the eatery as well as two adjoining shops and damaged a vehicle of the K-Electric parked outside.
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Four hurt in firing incidents
Karachi
April 2, 2021
A minor girl and three other people were wounded in separate incidents of firing in the city on Thursday.
Six-year-old Ana, daughter of Wahid, was brought to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) after she suffered a bullet injury in Qasba Colony of Orangi Town. Police said the girl was wounded by a stray bullet.
Separately, 27-year-old Arshad was injured when he resisted a mugging bid in Sher Shah. He was taken to the ASH. Meanwhile, a security guard of a private company, identified as 22-year-old Rashid, was shot and injured in a firing incident that took place near the Jamali flyover within the limits of the Sachal Police Station. He was taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. Police said the incident took place when the man put up resistance to a mugging bid.
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