Death toll in Shahdara cylinder blast reaches 10

LAHORE: Seven more victims of the Shahdara cylinder blast, which took place four days ago, succumb to their injuries at the Lahore’s Mayo Hospital, raising the death toll of ten.

According to details, a cylinder blast at an LPG filling shop in Yousuf Park area of Shahdara four days ago had wounded 18 people, including women and children.

The victims were shifted to Mayo Hospital where seven more victims, including two-year-old Salman, six-year-old Asifa, Bilal, Rafiq, Tasawwar, Salim, Saeed and Ijaz, succumbed to their wounds. Three of the victims, Zahid, Wasim and Zain, died of their injuries earlier.

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