Tag: Injured

ABUJA - A bomb ripped through a crowded market on the edge of an Abuja military barracks on New Year's Eve killing four people and wounding 26 others, 11 of them seriously, the defence minister said Saturday.
"As at this moment, four people died from the blast, including a pregnant woman. Twenty-six others were injured, 11 of them seriously," Adetokunbo Kayode said at the scene of the explosion. It is the second such attack in three months in the Nigerian capital and the first

LOS ANGELES - An Australian stunt driver has been hospitalised in Thailand after being severely injured in a crash while shooting the sequel to "The Hangover.
" A source close to the production said Scott McLean was placed in an induced coma by doctors and this condition was distributing the sequel. There was an accident involving a truck and a car on the second unit set of 'The Hangover Part II' near Bangkok injuring the Australian stuntman.
An ambulance immediately took

MELBOURNE - Australian paceman Ryan Harris suffered a stress ankle fracture while bowling in the fourth Ashes Test and will require surgery forcing him to miss the rest of the series, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday.
Harris pulled up while bowling the fifth ball of his 29th over and immediately pulled off his left boot and sock.
He limped from the ground with the team physio and a decision is to be taken whether he will bat in the second innings as Australia battle to

BEIJING - At least 21 people were killed -- including 14 schoolchildren -- and 25 injured in two car accidents in China on Monday, one of which involved over 100 vehicles, state press reported.
The 14 children died when the three-wheeled vehicle in which they were travelling plunged off a road in central Hunan province early Monday, Xinhua news agency said.
Xinhua earlier said nine children were killed and one was missing in the accident, in Hengnan county.
Later it

MUMBAI - Akshay Kumar rammed against a pole when he was on horse back, rehearsing for a show and has seriously injured his knee.
We hear that Akki has been hiding this injury for a while and has been taking pain killers because he had to promote Tees Maar Khan. Even with his damaged leg,
Akki rode a bike making Amitabh Bachchan sit in the same iconic bike pose as Jai-Veeru from Sholay at a recent function. Though it is not in him to complain about injuries or pain being

PESHAWAR: Suspected militants on Friday bombed a boys' high school in the outskirt of the Peshawar city leaving two students and a teacher injured, police and rescue sources said. The bomb exploded near a school in Pelosi area. "One classroom was completely destroyed in the explosion," a security official told Pakistan Today.
The explosion took place when the students were having their lessons in the open while enjoying sun. Rescue 1122 (the emergency service) sources said the

LAHORE: Seven people received burn injuries when a fire erupted due to gas leakage in a LPG cylinder shop at the Bund Road in Islampura Police Station precincts on Sunday. According to Edhi officials, the fire erupted in a LPG cylinders shop owned by Rana Mudassar at the Bund Road near the Taj Company in Islampura Police Station precincts when someone threw a burnt cigarette near a leaking gas cylinder. As a result, the cylinder exploded and the fire engulfed whole shop.
After

KARACHI: A personal guard of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Senator Faisal Raza Abdi sustained burn injuries when unidentified assailants attacked him at the Sohrab Goth near Al-Asif Square on Friday.
His minor son was also scorched in the attack. According to police sources, the guard and his son received burned injuries and were rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
Later, they were moved to the Agha Khan Hospital in critical condition. Separately, Senator Faisal Raza Abdi

LAHORE: Three died of electrocution and three sustained injuries while putting up tents for a wedding in Shad Bagh police precincts on Saturday.
Investigation Officer Sub-Inspector Khalid Mehmood said the victims were employees of Usman Catering Service.
He explained that six people from the catering service were putting up tents and lights for a wedding in Taj Pura ground when the central iron pole, on which lights were to be placed, short circuited with the

KARACHI: Two employees of the Japanese consulate in Karachi were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on a vehicle of the consulate in Artillery Maidan police precincts on Thursday.
The injured were identified as the consulate's driver, Gul Muhammad, and another employee, Ghulam Haider. They were rushed to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for treatment.
A police official said that in light of initial investigations, the incident appeared to be a robbery, as

QUETTA
Two people, including a police constable were killed and twelve including five policemen were injured in bomb blast here on Wednesday.
"It was remote-controlled device attached to an electric pole that went off when a police vehicle stopped near a vendor, killing a police constable and a civilian besides injuring another twelve others," Quetta Deputy Inspector General (Operation) Hamid Shakeel said.
He said it was a terrorist act targeting police personnel,

ISLAMABAD
A rivals' clash at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Friday left one dead and six injured, exposing the security arrangements of the hospital as well as local police apparatus.
The incident occurred outside the gate of the emergency ward in a broad daylight in the presence of hundreds of patients and visitors. The two rival groups, led by Naeem and Chaudhry Riaz, clashed over a land dispute in the Tarlai area in the limits of Koral police

LAHORE: Pakistan suffered a serious blow on Wednesday with experienced batsman Mohammad Yousuf ruled out of the limited over series against South Africa next week, team manager Intikhab Alam said.
The 36-year-old ruptured a muscle in his right leg during training last week and Alam said the injury was serious. "Yousuf has informed us of the gravity of the injury and, since its a second grade tear of the muscle, he will not be able to play in the limited over series but he will be

SRINAGAR: A clash between police in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) and protesters who defied a curfew to demonstrate against the arrest of a Hurriyat leader left 16 people injured Tuesday.
Masarat Alam, 44, who is known for his fiery denunciations of Delhi, was arrested by police on Monday in Srinagar, after evading capture for four months. Thousands of security forces on Tuesday implemented a strict curfew in parts of IHK to try to pre-empt protests over Alam's arrest.
Police

PESHAWAR: A would-be suicide bomber was killed and 14 people, including women and children were injured, when police thwarted a terror strike and destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle in Lakki Marwat on Monday.
According to details, policemen deputed at a checkpost near the Ghaznikhel police station flagged down a suspected double-cabin vehicle. However, the driver ignored the signal and made an attempt to escape. At this, police opened fire on the vehicle and it exploded into a

A man was killed and three injured when two men on a motorcycle hurled a grenade at them near Mauripur Road on Tuesday. Two groups had clashed earlier over the possession of a plot of land. According to the SHO Kalri, the deceased was identified as Zubair. The body and the injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi.

KARACHI
At least four people were injured when some unidentified men opened fire at a rally organised by Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (Afaq Group) near Quaidabad on Tuesday.
The injured, identified as Mohammad Ibraheem, Rehan, Izzatullah and Qamar were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. The duty officer at the Quaidabad police station said that the unidentified men attacked the rally and escaped. The police did not register a case till the filing of this