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| Blast inside Karachi-bound Shalimar Express kills toddler |
| 2013-08-06 |
| [Dawn] Fourteen people were reported injured in an kaboom that took place inside a bogie of the Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... -bound Shalimar Express near Punjab province's Toba Tek Singh district on Monday. Three of the injured were at death's door. Mohammad Hussain, medical superintendent in main Toba Tek Singh hospital told news agency AFP that a child, aged two and a half years, had departed this vale of tears in hospital. Shehzad Asif, district police chief confirmed the death. The train, which had begun its journey from Lahore, was crossing a railway station around 1 pm when the kaboom took place inside a bogie in its economy class. Following the blast, the train was brought to a halt and rescue teams shifted the injured to hospitals in Faisalabad ...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after... and Toba Tek Singh where emergency was imposed as soon as news of the kaboom came. Police and Pakistain Railways personnel arrived at the scene to inspect the area and investigate the incident. TV footage showed the kaboom had damaged the roof of the carriage but not forced the train off the rails, suggesting a relatively low-intensity blast. Farah Masood, a senior government official in Lahore, confirmed to AFP that a locally-made bomb was used in the kaboom and that 14 people had been injured. On the other hand, the Interior Ministry has claimed that railway authorities had been alerted with intelligence pertaining to a possible terrorist threat. The authorities had also been directed to increase security of trains in light of the information. Speaking to media representatives in Lahore, Federal Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said the management of Shalimar Express had received calls pertaining to extortion and that Inspector General Punjab Police had been informed in this regard. He added that 14 people had been injured in the kaboom and three of the maimed were at death's door. |
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