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26 Apr

3 Chinese Among 4 Died In Blast Inside Pak’s Karachi University

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Four people, together with three Chinese nationals, had been killed and several others injured in an explosion in a van near the Confucius Institute at Pakistan's Karachi University on Tuesday, reports said. The attack used to be carried out through a girl suicide bomber, according to information enterprise AFP. According to DawnNewsTV, a Pakistani separatist team has claimed the responsibility for the attack. Police and rescue offerings are on their way to the website online of the incident. Television pictures showed a white van in flames with plumes of smoke rising from its remains. Local media reviews said that the…

16 people dead at lunchtime, blast at an office cafeteria in South China

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A lunchtime explosion took place at an office cafeteria killed 16 people in southwest China on Friday noon and injured 10 others, authorities present there said. The suspected cause of the blast is said to be gas leakage, the Chongqing city government said in an online statement. The cafeteria collapsed, trapping victims inside. Rescue workers searched the debris into the night and all the bodies were recovered by midnight, the official Xinhua News Agency said. One of the survivors was in critical condition. The blast happened at a government subdistrict office in Wulong District at around 12:10pm, which is about…

1 dead and many others injured in blast caused by the fire at chemical factory in Panchmahal district

editor0 CommentsAccidentalblast, chemical factory

A labourer was killed and several others were injured after a huge explosion followed by a fire at a chemical unit in in Gujarat's Panchmahal district. The blast took place around 10 am at the Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFL), situated near Ranjitnagar village in Ghoghamba taluka, Panchmahal Superintendent of Police Leena Patil had said. "A labourer has died while 15 to 16 other workers, were injured in the explosion and were shifted to different hospitals. Some of them have received severe burn injuries," said an official, whose rushed to spot to oversee the search and rescue operation. "Search is on…