24 killed, 30 injured in DG Khan blast

Twenty-four killed while over 30 were wounded in a bomb explosion that ripped through a mourners procession in Muslim Town in D.G. Khan, IG Punjab confirmed Thursday. Talking to media, IG Punjab Shaukat Javed said the explosion left no crater on the ground indicating the blast could be a suicide attack. The blast ripped through a mourners’ procession in Muslim Town outside Johar Ali Imam Bargah. Rescue teams arrived at the scene immediate after the explosion and shifted the dead and injured to the district headquarter hospital where many are said to be in critical condition. The explosion, which shattered the windowpanes of the nearby buildings, enraged the participants of the procession and they chanting slogans against the government.

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