At least 12 people were killed and several more injured Saturday by a gas blast in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, police said. The explosion went off in a bank building in the Sher Shah area and social media and TV footage showed the two-floor structure’s windows and doors blown out, with documents scattered across a wide area.
Cars and motorcycles parked nearby were also damaged. Provincial police told AFP a bomb disposal squad was investigating, but “apparently the leakage of gas was the cause”. They said 12 people had been confirmed killed, and 13 were being treated for injuries.