TEHRAN: At least 28 people were killed and 20 others sustained injuries after a bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims met with an accident in Yazd, Iran, Iranian media reported on Wednesday.

According to Iranian media, the ill-fated bus overturned and caught fire near Taftan-Dehshir check point.

The bus, which had 53 passengers on board, met with the accident yesterday night. After being informed police and rescue officials rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies and the injured to the hospital.

An emergency has been imposed at hospitals across the city to treat the injured.

Meanwhile, Maulana Qamar Abbas Naqvi — a member of a peace committee — claimed that the number of those killed in the accident is 35, while 15 were injured.

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