At Least Three Dead in Dominican Republic After Explosion Near Capital

(Reuters) – At the very least three individuals – together with a four-month-old child – died on Monday after an explosion close to the Dominican Republic capital, the Caribbean nation’s nationwide well being service stated in a press release.

33 individuals have been additionally injured within the explosion at a enterprise in San Cristobal, west of the nation’s capital Santo Domingo, the assertion stated.

(Reporting by Brendan O’Boyle and Carolina Pulice; Enhancing by Isabel Woodford)

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