| GEO Pakistan | | 31 hurt in Karachi blast | Updated at: 2243 PST, Sunday, December 27, 2009
 KARACHI: Thirty-one people, including police and rangers personnel, have been injured in a blast near Orangi Town’s Kasba Morr area in Karachi.
According to the Police, the blast occurred due to gas-blockage in a manhole.
It may be mention here that blast had taken place when a Muharram procession was crossing the blast site.
Tension erupted the area after the blast while three vehicles were set on fire by the enraged mob.
Police and rescue workers had reached the scene and initiated the rescue work.
Police said the blast had taken place due to the gas-blockage, however, eyewitnesses said blast occurred with the help of remote control device.
24 out of total 31 injured were shifted to Qatar Hospital while remaining seven were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for treatment. |  |
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