Rawapindi: One person was killed and 15 others were injured when explosives attached to an electricity pole in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi city went off, police said.
A big fire erupted after the powerful blast on Friday night in the city’s Saddar Bazaar which also caused widespread damage at the scene.
According to the police, the victim was a vender, who used to sell vegetables near the pole, where the blast occurred. They described the blast as terror-related.
A police spokesperson later said the Counter Terror Department and other law enforcement agencies had collected evidence from the scene(IANS)
