14 May 2004	Friday	23 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425

KARACHI, May 13: With three more victims of the Hyderi mosque blast succumbing to their injuries at two private hospitals on Thursday, the death toll in the May 7 tragedy has risen to 19.

Allama Hasan Turabi, a leader of the Tehrik-i-Islami Pakistan, said that Dr Asad Abbas Naqvi and Agha Haider died at the Aga Khan Hospital. The other person, Syed Ali Rizvi, a resident of the Rizvia Society, died at the Patel Hospital.

Allama Turabi said the funeral prayers for the three deceased were held separately and that they were buried in local graveyards. Dr Naqvi was an eye specialist and a resident of Rizvia Society, whereas Agha Haider was the resident of North Karachi.

On Tuesday, one of the blast victims, Sakhawat Ali, died at a private hospital. Another person, Nihal Zaidi, had succumbed to his injuries on the previous day.

Doctors said that one, Sakha Ali, who was also among the 96 people injured in the blast, was in a serious condition and put on a ventilator. The bomb explosion had rocked the Hyderi mosque built inside the compound of the Sindh Madressatul Islam.local5