At Least 12 Killed In Gas Blast In Pakistan's Karachi

The explosion went off in a bank building and social media and TV footage showed the two-floor structure's windows and doors blown out, with documents scattered across a wide area.

At least 12 people were killed and several more injured Saturday by a gas blast in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, police said.

The explosion went off in a bank building in the Sher Shah area and social media and TV footage showed the two-floor structure's windows and doors blown out, with documents scattered across a wide area.

Cars and motorcycles parked nearby were also damaged.

Provincial police told AFP a bomb disposal squad was investigating, but "apparently the leakage of gas was the cause".