Boy injured in Hyderabad cylinder blast dies

HYDERABAD: Four-year-old Haris Ali, who suffered burnts a cylinder explosion in Hyderabad's Preetabad area on May 30, died on Sunday, taking the death toll in the incident to 27.

Haris Ali, son of Bilal, died in a private hospital in Karachi.

Separately, seven people were injured during a gas filling explosion at an LPG filling point in Bhit Shah of the Matiari district on June 6, out of whom two died.

Saleh Channa, under treatment at the Civil Hospital Hyderabad died on Monday, June 10, and Manthar Lakho on Saturday, June 8.

The number of people killed in the two cylinder blasts has increased to 29, while 17 are still under treatment.