(Punjab)MOHALI : Workers levelling a piece of land in a Punjab village discovered three live bombs buried under the earth for many years, police said on Wednesday.
According to the police, two bombs weighed five kilograms each and the third one-and-a-half kilograms. The bombs were covered with sacks of sand. Army officials were called for assistance.
“This land belongs to an NRI, Bhupinder Singh, and the levelling work was being supervised by caretaker Gurnam Singh. The army bomb disposal squad has taken the bombs to defuse them,” police officer Lakhwinder Singh said.
He added: “This land was once the property of the Indian Army. There is a strong probability that the bombs date back to 1971. Although very old, experts said they can still cause huge destruction if they explode.”
Villagers said that in the past too many grenades and bombs had been found in the area.
Villager Gurbax Brar said: “In one incident a few labourers lost their lives when a bomb accidentally exploded. The district administration has done nothing.”
NEW DELHI: Pune Bomb Blast, German Bakery Blast, A powerful explosion ripped through a bakery in the western Indian city of Pune on Saturday, killing at least eight people and injured 32 others, an official said.
Ashok Chavan, the top elected official of Maharashtra state, said police were investigating whether it was a cooking gas cylinder that exploded by accident or a bomb.
But Press Trust of India quoted federal Home Secretary G.K. Pillai as saying that it was most probably a terror attack. Top police officer Rajender Sonawania was also quoted as saying the initial indications were that it was a bomb blast.
The explosion occurred in German Bakery close to the Osho Ashram, a mediation center of a famed Indian guru, often frequented by foreigners.
It was not immediately known whether foreigners were among the victims.
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KUALA LUMPUR: A police offer says 10 people have been killed and two injured after a bus skidded off a highway and crashed in northern Malaysia.
The bus spun out of control early Saturday in northern Perak state and slammed into a metal barrier that tore through the lower tier of the double-decker vehicle.
A police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the press, says the cause of the accident was not immediately known.
The bus was heading from central Selangor state to the northernmost state of Perlis bordering Thailand.
Malaysia has a high-quality highway system with a speed limit of 70 miles (110 kilometers) per hour. But speeding is common and many drivers often do not follow safety procedures.
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BAGHDAD: Police and health officials in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar say a suicide bomber killed a local council member and three of his guards.
A police officer in the city says the leader of the local council was driving in a nine-vehicle convoy when a suicide bomber walked up to the convoy and blew himself up Monday.
A doctor at a local hospital confirmed the account. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Tal Afar is about 90 miles (150 kilometers) east of the Syrian border, in Ninevah province. Insurgents frequently staged bombings there in past years.
BAGHDAD: A bomb in a school in the Baghdad Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City killed five people and wounded 34 on Monday, the majority of them children returning to class after a Muslim holiday, security and health officials said.
“Five people died and 34 were injured in the attack on the school,” a police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The toll was confirmed by Sadr City Hospital.
The vast majority of the casualties from the 1:10 pm (1010 GMT) blast were pupils at the Abaa Dhar School, a primary school for boys in the Iraqi capital’s northeast.
The explosion, which left a crater around four metres (13 feet) in diameter, struck just outside the main entrance of the school and severely damaged three nearby houses.
TIKRIT: Attacks in Iraq on Thursday killed eight people, including a senior anti-terror officer who led a key fight back against Al-Qaeda in his province, police said.
Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed al-Fahel, the head of the Saleheddin province anti-terror squad, and at least three of his bodyguards were among five people killed by a suicide bomber in Tikrit, the hometown of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
“The attack was carried out by a suicide bomber, who was wearing a vest packed with explosives,” said Colonel Abdel Haadi of the Salaheddin joint operations command.
Seven people were wounded by the blast in a jewellery store, which struck at around 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) in Tikrit, 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Baghdad, a police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
In another incident in northern Iraq, two soldiers were killed at a checkpoint in the town of Mohallabiyah, 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of the main northern city of Mosul, when gunmen opened fire on them before fleeing.
In the capital Baghdad, one person was killed and six wounded by a bomb in Adhamiyah, a predominantly Sunni Arab northern neighbourhood, an interior ministry official said.
Lakewood Police Shooting, The persecution following the tragic shooting Lakewood Police on the outskirts of Seattle continues with police saying that the shooter may be injured.
Four officers, three men and one woman, were gunned down in the coffee shop in Parkwood Forza company Sunday morning in what police say was shot execution style and not a robbery went wrong.
Of a new runway in the case of wine, while the police spoke to witnesses and considered the evidence, which points to a compliance officer for several rounds before being killed. “There is evidence that a Lakewood police officer fired several shots, and we hope it struck,” said a police spokesman. “If we hit, which means he’s hurt somewhere with a bullet wound.”
Police have issued an alert to local hospitals and medical centers. They also warn that the attacker may have traveled outside the Seattle metropolitan area to seek treatment in an attempt to stay off the radar.
The suspect is described as African American “messy”, between 5′7 “and 5′11″ and between the ages of 20 and 30.
KARACHI, Pakistan: Four people were shot dead, including two policemen and a child, in operation against criminal gangs in Lyari Kalakot area of Karachi on Sunday. Police captured large quantity of weapons during raid at a godown in the locality.
Police on an indication of an arrested murder accused conducted raid at a godown, during which criminals lobbed a hand grenade and opened firing at the police party, leaving two cops dead on the spot.
District Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sarwar Commando told reporters that the drug and ammunition dump belonged to the notorious Rehman Dakait gang in Lyari.
Police said two outlaws have also been killed in the shootout, adding they had arrested three accused as well.
Police have seized a light machinegun, seven Kalashnikovs, two repeaters, two pistols, grenade, eight walkie-talkies and hundreds of bullets from the godown in raid.
Firing is still continued between the police and criminals, echoing the area with the sound of heavy firing. Armored carriers and Rangers contingents have reached in the area to assist the police.
Town Police Officer (TPO) Lyari Khadim Hussain told reporters that the police will retaliate to the killing of one of their officers.
KARACHI: The main character of the Lyari gang war — Rehman Baloch alias Rehman Dakait — and his three accomplices were killed in an encounter with the police in Steel Town here late on Sunday night, police said.
SP Investigations, East Zone, Chaudhry Aslam, had received a tip-off that Rehman Dakait, along with his three associates, was coming to Karachi from Hyderabad through the Link Road in Steel Town. The police took positions there and a shootout took place when the gangsters arrived. As a result, Rehman Dakait and his three associates – Nazir alias Palla, Aurangzaib alias Babu and Aqil – were injured. They were later shifted to the Jinnah Hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.
Three Kalashnikovs rifles and three hand grenades were recovered from the spot. Rehman Dakait was wanted by the police in over 300 cases of murder, kidnappings for ransom, diesel smuggling, etc. His name was included in the CID’s Red Book and he had a head money of Rs 5 million.
Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Waseem Ahmed said the man killed was Rehman Dakait, who had been shot dead in an encounter with the Bin Qasim police. The bodies of Rehman Dakait and others had been shifted to the Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre, the CCPO said.
Besides, the police had set Rs 5 million bounty over his head, the senior policeman said. The CCPO said large contingents of police and rangers had been deployed in Lyari to avoid any untoward incident following the killing of Rehman Dakait.
The Sindh government had launched an operation against his gang, which came out virtually unscathed by the last operation in the area compared to its rival group. Over 250 families had to leave Lyari due to the gang war between the groups of Rehman Dakait and Arshad Pappu.
(Punjab)MOHALI : Workers levelling a piece of land in a Punjab village discovered three live bombs buried under the earth for many years, police said on Wednesday.
KUALA LUMPUR: A police offer says 10 people have been killed and two injured after a bus skidded off a highway and crashed in northern Malaysia.
BAGHDAD: Police and health officials in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar say a suicide bomber killed a local council member and three of his guards.
BAGHDAD: A bomb in a school in the Baghdad Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City killed five people and wounded 34 on Monday, the majority of them children returning to class after a Muslim holiday, security and health officials said.
TIKRIT: Attacks in Iraq on Thursday killed eight people, including a senior anti-terror officer who led a key fight back against Al-Qaeda in his province, police said.
KARACHI: The main character of the Lyari gang war — Rehman Baloch alias Rehman Dakait — and his three accomplices were killed in an encounter with the police in Steel Town here late on Sunday night, police said.
