Two more child victims of Liaquatabad AC explosion die
Karachi
May 28, 2021
Two more children who had been injured in an explosion in a multi-storey residential building in Liaquatabad late on Wednesday night breathed their last on Thursday evening, bringing the death toll of the incident to four.
Four-year-old Zain, son of Farhan, and six-year-old Zainab, daughter of Imran, succumbed to their injuries at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Police said that a total of nine people had been injured in the explosion, adding that Asif Waseem and six-year-old Abdul Hadi had died shortly after the
incident.
SHO Rizwan Patel said that families of five brothers reside in the five-storey building. Experts from the Bomb Disposal Squad had also been called in to ascertain the cause of the incident. According to their initial findings, the explosion had occurred on the top floor of the building situated on a 45-square-yard plot. They believe that the old wiring of the air conditioner had caused
KARACHI: Three teenagers drowned in two separate incidents in the metropolis on Thursday evening, according to police and rescue services’ officials.
Two of them drowned while enjoying a cool dip in the Lyari river, Liaquatabad SHO Rizwan Patel said.
Edhi divers fished out the bodies and sent them to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital for legal formalities. The deceased were identified as Ibrahim Jehangir, 13, and Moiz Asghar, 14. They were residents of the B-1 Area, Liaquatabad.
Another youth, Pervez Khan, 16, drowned while swimming in Hub Canal near Manghopir, Edhi Foundation spokesperson said.
Published in Dawn, May 21st, 2021
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