Blast injures 11 in Islamabad

Police soon cordoned off the area and investigation was underway

PHOTO: WASIM NAZIR/EXPRESS

ISLAMABAD:
At least 11 people were injured in a blast in a medical equipment store in Islamabad on Wednesday morning.

According to a police source, the chemical explosion occurred in a warehouse of a medical equipment store, Iqbal & Co, located in Al-Falah Manzil in Sector E-11/4.

Police soon cordoned off the area and investigation was underway.


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According to police, eight of the injured were shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) while three others to the Maroof International Hospital in F-10 Markaz.

Al-Falah Quranic Academy is also located on the upper floor of the same building, added the police.

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