Blast hits Qatar's capital of Doha, killing 12 - Jakarta Post

Associated Press, Qatar | World | Fri, February 28 2014, 7:03 AM

An apparent gas explosion Thursday at a restaurant near a filling station in the Qatari capital killed 12 people and wounded several more, emergency services officials in the energy-rich Gulf nation said.

Initial indications suggested a burst natural gas tank atop a Turkish restaurant was to blame for the blast, which happened shortly after 10 a.m. near the popular Landmark Mall shopping center in the capital, Doha.

The force of the explosion caused the partial collapse of the Istanbul Restaurant and sent shrapnel flying as far as 50 meters away, authorities said. Officials are treating the explosion as an accident, though it is unclear what ignited the tank.

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