Awaz Apni

SARGODHA: More than a dozen people were injured as an explosive went off in Imambargah in heart of the city, CNews reports Sunday. Police said more than 200 people were present in the Imambargah in Block-19 area of the city to offer the Maghrib prayer. The blast is initially said to be a suicide attack. A madrasah and a mosque are also situated near the Imambargah in a busy market and residential area. According to initial reports, rescue teams were sent to the blast site. Score of ambulances thronged to the site and shifted the injured to nearby hospitals. Hospital sources said some 18 people were received injured at district headquarter hospital. Police and security personnel surrounded the Imambargah putting security cordon around it. A number of houses in the area were destroyed and windowpanes of nearby buildings and houses shattered.

SARGODHA: One person was killed and 18 others injured in a blast that ripped through an Imam Bargah here in Sargodha block 19, CNews News reported on Sunday. The injured, some of them severely, have been shifted to District Hospital Sargodha and announcements are being made to donate blood for the wounded. Emergency has been declared in city hospitals. Rescue and relief activities have been kick-started at the site of the incident while heavy contingent of police arrived at the scene and cordoned off the area. The blast occurred when preparations were being made for Namaz-e-Maghribain in the Imam Bargah located in a bustling market place. Normally strict security is maintained at the Imam Bargah. But for reasons not known extraordinary security seemed not to have been put in place today.

Breaking news SARGODHA: Casualties are feared in a blast that has ripped through an Imam Bargah here in Sargodha block 19, Awaz Apni News reported on Sunday. Rescue and relief activities have been kick-started at the site of the incident. The blast occurred when preparations were being made for Namaz-e-Maghribain.