Tag: Killed

LAHORE - A car driver was killed while another sustained critical injuries after a Mazda Truck collided with a car near Ravi Toll Plaza on Friday. The deceased was identified as Kashif. Police said that a rashly driven Mazda Truck collided with Kashif's car as a result of which Kashif and his friend Dildar received severe injuries. Police took the truck under custody and registered a case against the unknown truck driver after he fled the scene.

DAR ES SALAAM - A series of blasts levelled arms depots at a Tanzanian army base and killed at least 17 people, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda said Thursday, in the second such incident in two years. The blasts, which the prime minister said also left at least 145 people wounded, went off inside the Gongo la Mboto army base in Dar es Salaam late Wednesday and destroyed several arms and ammunition depots.
"By this morning, there were 13 bodies at Amana hospital, two at Temeke

DUBAI/MANAMA/TRIPOLI - At least 10 people were killed in Libya and Bahrain as people gathered in large numbers across the Middle East to protest against incumbent regimes. In Libya, six people were killed in clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in Benghazi city, opposition websites said, as the authorities countered a "Day of Anger" with a pro-regime rally in Tripoli.
The situation was calm early in the day in Tripoli, where a pro-regime rally was

MANAMA - Two protesters died in clashes with Bahraini police, sparking angry calls from young cyber-activists for regime change and a walkout on Tuesday of Bahrain's main Shia opposition bloc in parliament. The Islamic National Accord Association which has 18 seats in the 40-member house has suspended its membership in the parliament, said a member, MP Khalil al-Marzooq.
The decision was taken because of "the deterioration in security and the negative and brutal way in which (the

LONDON - Two British soldiers were killed Monday in a blaze at the main British base in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London announced. The two servicemen from the Royal Logistics Corps were caught up in a fire that broke out at Camp Bastion in the restive Helmand Province, the MoD said, according to their initial indications.
The ministry said it believed no enemy action was involved. The deaths bring to 356 the number of British troops killed since operations

QUETTA - Two personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) were killed and another wounded in an armed attack and a land mine explosion while an 8-inch diameter pipeline, supplying gas to Uch Power Plant, was blown up in Suhbatpur on Monday.
According to sources, unidentified armed men attacked a check post of FC with heavy weapons in Barkhan. As a result, one security personnel, identified as Aitzaz Khan, died on the spot while Saeed Ahmed received serious wounds. The attackers escaped from

MURIDKE - Two youngsters, including a son of a renowned trade leader, died in a road accident here on GT Road near Muridke. Reportedly, a 10th class student, Rana Daud son of Markzi Anjuman Tajiran Muridke Chairman Rana Ansar Mehmood, was going to Canal Park with his class fellow Usman alias Shani on a motorcycle when a Gujranwala-bound speeding car hit them, injuring them seriously.
Both the friends died on their way to hospital. The police arrested the driver and took the car

KARACHI - Three teenage boys were killed when a passenger bus hit their motorcycle near Akbar Road in Saddar on Sunday afternoon. Fourteen-year-old Adeel Waseem and Sami Javed and Taimur Ghulam Nabi, both 13 years old - were on their way to see their friend in Saddar when their motorcycle was hit by a speeding passenger bus, killing two of the boys on the spot.
The deceased and the injured were taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi where the third boy succumbed to his injuries due

QUETTA - Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan killed four Bugti tribesmen and injured many others in Sui area of Dera Bugti district on Sunday. During the operation, the law enforcers also arrested a dozen people and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession while the insurgents blew up two gas pipelines that suspended supply to Uch power plant and local population.
According to reliable sources, the FC on a tip-off raided a farari (rebel) camp in the mountains near Sui town

PESHAWAR - At least 11 alleged militants, including a suspected suicide bomber, were killed in separate clashes at Batkhela area of Malakand and in different parts of District Swat on Saturday. A spokesman of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the security forces on a tip-off raided a house in Batkhela town to capture a would-be suicide bomber but he blew himself up to avoid arrest.
An accomplice of the bomber was also killed in the action while five people, including

MURIDKE: Former councillor Ejaz alias Jajji Butt and his two gunmen were killed while two others injured over an old enmity that has claimed eight lives so far. Reportedly, Ejaz alias Jajji Butt and his gunmen were going to a local MPA's office by two motorcycles for some personal matter. When they reached near Aziz Industries, a car stopped in front of them and the riders opened fire on them and fled away. A gunman of Jajji Butt Sarfraz died instantly while Ahmed Raza alias Hassan,

PESHAWAR: Security forces killed 11 suspected militants when they were trying to sneak into Swat, security officials and police said on Friday.
Officials said five suspected militants were killed while entering from district Dir into Swat and six others were killed when they tried to sneak into Thana Malakand Agency from Swat. These suspected militants were escaping military operation in Mohmand tribal Agency and were planning to carry out acts of terrorism in Swat, ISPR Swat

LAHORE: Lahore Police chief Aslam Tareen said on Friday Raymond Davis did not act in self defence and killed the two Pakistani youths in cold blood. Addressing a press conference at his office, Tareen said Davis carried out an intentional and cold-blooded murder, adding that the investigation was carried out on merit, which led the police to the conclusion that Davis was guilty as charged. The CCPO said police had submitted a provisional challan, requesting the court to take action

MURIDKE - A youth and an elderly man were killed in separate road accidents in Muridke.
In the first accident, a tractor-trailer crushed five-year-old Noshki near Muridke Railway Station when she was playing in a street.
Muridke police are conducting raids to arrest the driver who left the scene after the incident. In the second accident, a 60-year-old man was killed after falling down from a speedy motorcycle-rickshaw while going to Manoonabad from Muridke.
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JUBA - At least 16 people died when rebels attacked south Sudanese troops in troubled Jonglei state, breaking a ceasefire signed last month, a southern army spokesman said on Thursday. "We are still waiting for full details of the casualties," said Philip Aguer, spokesman for the south's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), adding that he feared the death toll would rise.
"The rebels launched their attacks on Wednesday at 1:00 pm (1000 GMT) killing four of our soldiers, but the

KARACHI - Two alleged bandits were killed and another injured in Mianwali Colony, Orangi Town on Thursday, as witnesses claimed that an enraged mob killed the two men, contradicting the police's version that they were killed in an encounter. Witnesses said that three men tried to loot a shop in the area, however, the locals gathered at the spot.
The three alleged bandits tried to escape from the spot by firing at the crowd, but some unidentified person from the mob opened fire at

PESHAWAR - At least four personnel of the security forces, including an army officer and a police sub-inspector, were killed and seven injured in terrorist attacks in FR Bannu and Peshawar on Tuesday.
According to details, the militants targeted an army convoy with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Janikhel area of Frontier Region (FR) Bannu, around 150km south of the provincial capital which connects Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with volatile North Waziristan.
As a result,