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1 dead, 4 injured in Pakistan blast

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Published: Jan. 22, 2013 at 8:09 AM

KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A gas cylinder explosion killed one and injured four others, some critically, in Karachi, Pakistan, police said.

Geo TV said the blast occurred in a dental clinic in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal block of the city. Police said the person killed worked in a laboratory.

A rescue operation was under way, The Express Tribune reported. No other details were released.

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