One more blast victim dies, toll reaches 67

A 15-year-old Pakistani boy succumbs to his injuries today taking the death toll in the carnage to 67.

A 15-year-old Pakistani boy, who had sustained serious burn injuries in the Samjhauta Express bombing, succumbed to his injuries early on Tuesday taking the death toll in the carnage to 67.

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According to hospital authorities, Harsh Mohammed, a resident of Karachi, died after being in the intensive care unit of the burn ward for over 20 hours.

"While Mohammed has already lost his life, one nine-year-old kid is very critical. He is struggling hard with severe respiratory burns," said a doctor at the burn ward.

A total of 13 victims were referred to the Safdarjung Hospital by the Panipat Civil Hospital on Monday morning, hours after two coaches of the train were detonated with bombs.

Sixty-seven Indians and Pakistanis have so far lost their lives as blasts ripped through an India-Pakistan peace train at 11.53 pm on Sunday night, striking at the core of the people-to-people diplomacy that the two countries have been working at.