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Pakistan: 10 injured in Rawalpindi hospital blast, Twitterati claims

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jun 24, 2019, at 11:08 pm

Rawalpindi, Jun 24 (IBNS): At least 10 people were injured in a massive blast which occurred at a military hospital here on Sunday, Pakistani Twitter users claimed.

According to reports, a human rights worker from Quetta, Ahsan Ullah MiaKhail, has alleged that the army is not allowing the media to cover the incident.

He has also claimed that UN-blacklisted terrorist and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar was admitted at the hospital where the blast took place.

"Huge #blast at Military Hospital in #Rawalpindi, #Pakistan. 10 injured shifted to emergency. Jaish-E-Mohammad Chief Maulana Masood Azahar is admitted here. Completely Media blackout by Army. Media asked Strictly not to cover this story," MiaKhail tweeted.

Huge #blast at Military Hospital in #Rawalpindi, #Pakistan. 10 injured shifted to emergency.
Jaish-E-Mohammad Chief Maulana Masood Azahar is admitted here.Completely Media blackout by Army. Media asked Strictly not to cover this story@a_siab @nidkirm @GulBukhari @mazdaki pic.twitter.com/sTIYrJ7sAn
— Ahsan Ullah MiaKhail (@AhsanUlMiakhail) June 23, 2019

The reason behind the blast is not known while some alleged it was an attack.

Another Twitter user shared a video of smoke billowing out of the building.

BLAST in Rawalpindi Military Hospital in PAKISTAN@meslight @Raji_Iyer112 @LevinaNeythiri @karabhijeet_kar @Ind4Ever @IndoPac_Info https://t.co/DPx0EH7Whn
— Defence360_Official (@Defence_360) June 23, 2019

There is no official statement on the incident.

#Paksitan #RawalpindiBlast #MassodAzhar

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