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Published June 28, 2021, 9:08 AM
DHAKA, Bangladesh – At least seven people were killed and another 50 people were injured after a powerful explosion ripped apart a three-storey building in central Dhaka on Sunday, Bangladeshi officials said, citing a gas pipeline as the likely cause.
Police said the explosion was so forceful that it broke the windows of at least four moving buses, injuring dozens of passengers on board.
Dhaka police chief Shafiqur Rahman said at least seven people were killed in the explosion, though the fire service offered a lower death toll of three. Police and fire service officials said 50 people were injured.
Blast kills at least six, injures 50
Fire service officials suspect leaky gas connection behind explosion in city’s Moghbazar
A man walks over the debris of a building damaged by the explosion from what experts believe was a leaky gas connection. At least six people died and 50 others were injured in the explosion at the capital s Moghbazar area last evening. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
At least six people were killed and 50 others injured in a huge explosion on the ground floor of a three-storey building in the capital s Moghbazar last evening.
Officials of Fire Service and Civil Defence and a bomb disposal unit of police primarily suspected gas leakage to be the source of the explosion at the building on Outer Circular Road.
Rescue workers work at the site of the blast that killed several people in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sunday (June 27). - REUTERS pic
DHAKA (AFP): At least seven people were killed and another 50 people injured after a powerful explosion ripped apart a three-storey building in central Dhaka on Sunday (June 27), Bangladeshi officials said, citing a gas pipeline as the likely cause.
Police said the explosion was so forceful that it broke the windows of at least four moving buses, injuring dozens of passengers on board.
Dhaka police chief Shafiqur Rahman said at least seven people were killed in the explosion, though the fire service offered a lower death toll of three.
Monday, 28 Jun 2021 07:26 AM MYT
Broken windows of a multi-storey building are seen beside the site after a blast in a shop that killed several people in Dhaka, Bangladesh June 27, 2021. Reuters pic
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DHAKA, June 28 At least seven people were killed and another 50 people were injured after a powerful explosion ripped apart a three-storey building in central Dhaka on Sunday, Bangladeshi officials said, citing a gas pipeline as the likely cause.
Police said the explosion was so forceful that it broke the windows of at least four moving buses, injuring dozens of passengers on board.