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MUZAFFARABAD: Injured people are being treated in the hospital after a suicide blast. At least 10 people have been killed in the blast in the capital of the Pakistan’s side of Kashmir. APP |
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MUZAFFARABAD: At least 10 people were killed and 81 injured on Sunday after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of the CMH in Muzaffarabad.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir has announced financial support of Rs200,000 for the victims.
Sources said a suicide bomber blew himself up near Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Muzaffarabad.
Pak Army reached the scene after the incident and initiated rescue work. Injured were shifted to the CMH.
Hospital sources confirmed that six dead bodies were brought in who were identified as Police Constable Asmatullah, Special Branch’s Khursheed and Ibrar while three others include Mohsin Shabbir, Imam Ali and Mehmud-ul-Hasan Naqvi.
Sources further said 23 injured are under treatment in the hospital while the rest were discharged after giving first aid.
Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani, President Azad Kashmir Raja Zulqarnain, Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider and others have strongly condemned the blast.
Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced financial support for the victims of Muzaffarabad bomb blast.
Talking to Raja Farooq Haider on telephone, PM Gilani strongly condemned the bombing outside Imambargah and expressed grief over the loss of human lives.
PM Gilani announced financial help of Rs500,000 for the deceased and Rs100,000 for the injured.
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