DHAKA: At least seven people were killed and another 50 people were injured after a powerful explosion ripped apart a three-story building in central Dhaka on Sunday, Bangladeshi officials said, citing a gas pipeline as the likely cause. Police said the explosion was so forceful that it broke the windows of at least four moving buses, injuring dozens of passengers on board. Dhaka police chief Shafiqur Rahman said at least seven people were killed in the explosion, though the fire service offered a lower death toll of three. Police and fire service officials said 50 people were injured. Firefighters and rescuers inspect the scene of a suspected gas explosion in Dhaka on June 28, 2021 a day after the incident in which 7 were killed and 50 others were injured.

Source: Manila Times June 28, 2021 15:33 UTC