Two youngsters survey the site of the blast on Wednesday. Fahim Siddiqi/White Star
KARACHI: A passer-by and her two children were killed and two others wounded in what police described as a cylinder blast inside an eatery in a multistorey building on main University Road on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said.
The blast also caused substantive damage to the property and triggered panic among residents.
According to Gulistan-i-Jauhar SHO Azam Gopang, the gas cylinder exploded inside a pizza shop near the Mosamiyat roundabout at around 10.30am.
The blast was so powerful that it destroyed walls of the eatery as well as two adjoining shops and damaged a vehicle of the K-Electric parked outside.
Two youngsters survey the site of the blast on Wednesday. Fahim Siddiqi/White Star
KARACHI: A passer-by and her two children were killed and two others wounded in what police described as a cylinder blast inside an eatery in a multistorey building on main University Road on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said.
The blast also caused substantive damage to the property and triggered panic among residents.
According to Gulistan-i-Jauhar SHO Azam Gopang, the gas cylinder exploded inside a pizza shop near the Mosamiyat roundabout at around 10.30am.
The blast was so powerful that it destroyed walls of the eatery as well as two adjoining shops and damaged a vehicle of the K-Electric parked outside.
Restaurant owner gunned down in Scheme 33
Karachi
April 8, 2021
A restaurant owner was shot dead within the limits of the Sacchal police station on Wednesday. According to police, the firing incident took place at a fast-food restaurant located near Faria Chowk in Scheme 33.
The deceased man was identified as 55-year-old Mashood, son of Ibrahim. Police said unidentified persons on a motorcycle shot and killed him. Following the incident, police personnel patrolling the area reached the crime scene and tried to intercept the suspects fleeing the scene.
According to police, an exchange of fire took place between them and the suspects, in which one of the suspects was wounded; however, his accomplices managed to take him while fleeing. Police also claimed to have impounded the motorcycle used by the culprits. According to SHO Zubair Nawaz, the case was being investigated from different angles.