ALMATY (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 21st May, 2022) An explosion at a pharmacy in the southern Kazakh city of Shymkent killed two people, including a newborn, and injured eight others, the regional health department reported on Saturday.
On Saturday afternoon, an explosion occurred in a pharmacy near a maternity hospital. The pharmacy building, which produced saline, was destroyed. Rescuers removed the body of a guard from under the rubble. According to preliminary police reports, the cause of the explosion was the accumulation of gas.
"As a result of the incident, one employee of the perinatal center (guard) and one child (18 days old) died, eight people were injured," the department said in a statement.
Those injured were transported to the city's health facilities.
