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One killed, ten hurt in bomb blast

SIALKOT: One person was killed while ten others sustained injuries in a powerful bomb blast in Pasrur, some 20 km from here on Sunday.

All the injured were rushed to the hospital out of which two are in critical condition.

The bomb planted under a donkey-cart exploded in front of a cement shop on Klasswala road. As a result, donkey-cart man Mohammad Rafiq died on the spot while passengers of a passing-by tonga were injured.

Liaquat and a minor girl Nida, who were critically injured have been rushed to a hospital in Lahore.

The injured are: Shahid, Zahid, Umar Farooq, Zahida, Bashiran Bibi, Salma, Nida, Liaquat and Mohammad Nawaz.

According to bomb disposal unit, the bomb weighing one-and-a-half kg was a time device. Deputy Commissioner Shahid Mahmud, SSP and bomb disposal unit rushed to the site immediately. APP