Uttar Pradesh : 4 die in Muzaffarnagar blast at scrap shop
Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, Jun 25 (IBNS): Four people were killed and at least three seriously injured when a powerful explosion took place at a scrap shop Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar on Monday morning, media reports said.
The scrap dealer himself is among those killed.
Two of the people who died were identified as Tazim and Shazad, police said. They were handling the scrap material.
Senior Superintendent of Police Anantadev Tiwari told Dainik Bhaskar that officials of the Anti-Terrorism Squad and an Army team from Meerut were inspecting the area. “We are investigating the cause of the explosion,” he said.
The exact reason for the blast is not yet known.
A team from the Army's explosive unit and the UP police's anti-terror squad have been alerted.
Visuals from the incident spot showed a screwdriver and a hammer covered in blood, and a few detached body parts lying inside the shop.
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