Mian Channu blast death toll rises to 20
13 July, 2009
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MIAN CHANNU: The death toll in Mian Channu bomb blast has soared to 20 persons and 65 were injured in the incident in Chak-129 near Mian Channu on Monday.
The rescuers were still trying to recover the people trapped in debris as several houses were collapsed due to the impact of the blast.
DPO Health Khaniwal has confirmed that seven persons were killed and over 50 were injured in the incident. Nine dead bodies including a woman and seven children were shifted to tehsil headquarter hospital in Mian Channu.
The injured were being transferred to the hospitals in Khaniwal and Multan due to lack of space in Mian Channu tehsil hospital.
Angry mob pelted stones at the policemen when they reached to the place of the incident.
According to the sources rocket shells have been found from the rubble.
The blast occurred at house of a man Riaz, DPO Khaniwal Kamran Khan earlier said. The explosives stored in the house were detonated and caused the blast, he opined. The impact of the blast destroyed around 25 houses in the area, he added.
Local volunteers reached to the place of the blast after the incident and started rescue work to retrieve the people trapped under the rubbles of the caved in houses.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister YOusuf Raza Gilani have condemned the incident and ordered probe of the blast.
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