KARACHI: A 10-year-old boy was killed and his mother sustained serious injuries when a wall of an apartment collapsed in Karachi’s Gulshan Iqbal Block 1, local media reported citing police sources.
As per details, the deceased boy has been identified as Osama who along with his mother sustained severe injuries in the wall collapse. The boy later succumbed to the injuries. According to the police, the victims were residing in the apartment and they hail from Qilla Abdullah in Balochistan.
Earlier on January 12, at least 12 women sustained injuries when the lift of a factory collapsed in Karachi’s Korangi area. The incident occurred near Korangi’s Al-Hasan stop and as a result, 12 women sustained injuries.
The injured women were moved to the hospital and the rescue teams said five of the injured females sustained serious wounds.
