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KARACHI: Fourteen people, mostly women, were injured when a fast-moving vehicle rammed into a tent erected by mourners outside an imambargah in Defence Housing Authority, police and rescue services officials said.
Darakshan SHO Rashid Ali said that a Suzuki pick-up went out of the driver’s control and entered a tent outside Masjid-o-Imam Bargah Baqiyatullah on Saba Avenue in Phase VI, where mourners were attending a majlis, injuring several people.
He said the police had taken the driver and two other occupants of the vehicle into custody. During grilling, the driver claimed that the vehicle had gone out of control after its brakes failed.
However, the official said the police were further investigating the incident.
