3 killed as explosion hits restaurant in Pakistan
Monday - July 16, 2018 9:18 pm ,
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3 killed as explosion hits restaurant in Pakistan
Islamabad July 16 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 25 others injured when a blast hit a restaurant in Pakistan s central Multan district on Monday the media reported.
Confirming the death toll city police officer Muneer Masood said the nature of the blast was not known yet and a bomb disposal unit and other teams had been called in at the site reports Xinhua news agency.
The blast razed the restaurant s roof to the ground trapping many people including women and children. The injured were shifted to a hospital where at least five were said to be in critical condition.
Earlier some media reports blamed the incident on a gas cylinder which exploded.
--IANS mr/
Confirming the death toll city police officer Muneer Masood said the nature of the blast was not known yet and a bomb disposal unit and other teams had been called in at the site reports Xinhua news agency.
The blast razed the restaurant s roof to the ground trapping many people including women and children. The injured were shifted to a hospital where at least five were said to be in critical condition.
Earlier some media reports blamed the incident on a gas cylinder which exploded.
--IANS mr/
