Blast at Pakistan bank branch constructed on sewage drain kills at least 10

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KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed and 11 others injured in an explosion on Saturday at a Karachi bank branch constructed on a sewage drain in the city’s industrial area, police said. The cause of the blast, at a branch of Pakistan’s largest bank, Habib Bank Limited, could be a gas leak, a senior police officer said. “Our explosives teams are at work trying to ascertain the nature of the blast, but apparently the structure was constructed on drain and gas could be a probable cause,” Sarfaraz Nawaz told reporters. A petrol station located next to the bank in the Sindh …