3 killed, 100 injured during independence day celebrations in Pakistan


ISLAMABAD, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Multiple incidents of aerial firing in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi left three people dead and over 100 others injured in the 78th Independence Day celebrations, police and hospital said on Thursday.

According to police officers, 110 people including children were brought to three major hospitals of Karachi with bullet injuries, and at least three people among the injured were in critical condition.

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