Pakistan: Suspected gas explosion kills at least 12

Pakistan: Suspected gas explosion kills at least 12

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The blast occurred near a bank in Karachi. Police are trying to ascertain whether it may have been a gas leak or militants that caused the explosion.

Police in Pakistan are trying to determine what caused a deadly blast near a bank in Karachi on Saturday, which killed at least 12 people.  

Sabir Memon from the Karachi Trauma Center first told the AP news agency that 10 people were killed and 13 others had been injured from the explosion. Senior police officer Sarafar Nawaz Shaikh later said two more people had died of their injuries, raising the total death toll further. 

Video recorded at the scene and posted on social media showed people standing near rubble of the Habib Bank Limited (HBL) branch as sirens sounded in the background…

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