Explosion kills N-technician
ISLAMABAD An explosion killed a technician at Pakistans main nuclear research facility, an army spokesman said yesterday. The man died while handling explosives on Tuesday at Khan Research Laboratories, near Islamabad, spokesman Maj-Gen. Shuakat Sultan said. There were no other injuries, and no damage to nuclear facilities at the laboratory, he said.
It was a normal conventional explosive that he was handling when the accident happened and he died, Sultan said.
Posted by: Steve White 2006-02-09 |