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Pakistan: Cylinder blast in Attock kills six people

| | Jan 02, 2018, at 02:07 pm

Attock, Jan 2 (IBNS): At least six people were killed as a cylinder blast ripped through the premise of  District Headquarters Hospital in Pakistan's Attack area on Monday, media reports said.

The blast left 12 others injured.

DCO Attock Rana Akber Hayat confirmed to Geo News that the deaths occurred after a portion of the hospital building collapsed following the blast.

A portion of the woman's ward was damaged in the blast.

An inquiry has been ordered into the matter.
 

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