A building collapse caused by an explosion in Pakistan’s southern megacity of Karachi killed at least 16 people on Thursday, including children, officials said. More than a dozen people were injured in the incident in the Soldier Bazaar neighbourhood of Karachi at around 4:00 am, when Muslim families start preparing sehri, the pre-sunrise meal eaten during Ramadan. “Sixteen people, including women and children, have been killed and 13 others injured,” the provincial rescue agency’s spokesman Hassan Khan told AFP. The three-storey building located in the crowded neighbourhood collapsed after an “unknown” explosion, he said. “Apparently it was a gas explosion, but the investigation will reveal the actual cause of the incident,” senior city official Nasrullah Abbasi told AFP.

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