Pakistan blast that killed 10 probably a gas explosion, officials say


  • World
  • Friday, 24 Feb 2017

A policeman checks the police screen as investigators collect evidence at the scene of a blast in a upscale neighborhood in Lahore, Pakistan February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani officials on Friday said a blast that killed 10 people at a shopping centre in the eastern city of Lahore was most probably an accident caused by a gas leak, not a bomb, as initially described.

Panic gripped the city on Thursday after the blast at an upscale market, which also wounded 32 people.

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