On 12 August 2021, an explosion at the
Pakistan Ordnance Factory plant in
Wah Cantt,
Rawalpindi District
Rawalpindi District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district located in the northernmost part of the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan. Parts of the district form part of the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropo ...
killed three workers and injured two others.
The
Pakistan Army Public Relations confirmed that an accident had occurred at the POF plant due to a technical fault, that killed three employees and two others injured were shifted to a hospital. According to ISPR, the scene has been cleared and the situation is under the control of the POF Technical Emergency Response Team.
See also
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2008 Wah bombing
The 2008 Wah bombing was a double suicide attack on the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) in Wah, Pakistan, on 21 August 2008. The attack, which killed more than 100 and wounded over 200 is the deadliest on a military site in Pakistan's history. ...
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