At least four people were killed and ten others were injured when two suicide bombers blew themselves. Initially a suicide bomber blew himself at the gate of the Police Station. After the first blast a second suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden vehicle into the Police Station. The Police station building completely collapsed following the explosion. The injured have been shifted to district hospital.
The suicide bomber wanted to take his explosive laden vehicle into the Police Station but the Policeman on the gate did not let him enter the building after which he rammed his vehicle into the gate of the Police station causing a loud explosion.
A relief operation is underway by the rescue workers. The bomb disposal squad and other law enforcing agencies have initiated investigation. The numbers of causalities may increase.
was first posted on February 27, 2010 at 12:39 pm.
Pakistan News: Four police officials were martyred and four others got injuries in a suicide attack at Gomal police station in Tank on Saturday.
Suicide attacker rammed an explosive-laden car into Gomal police station due to which four policemen were martyred while four others including passersby got injured. According to Edhi sources, three passersby sustained injuries. Relief activities were started after the blast and the injured were shifted to hospital.
MOSUL: A suicide bomber blew up a car bomb in an Iraqi army headquarters in the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday, wounding 33 people, police said.
Among the wounded at the army compound, near a police station in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, were 18 soldiers, five police officers and 10 civilians, police said.
BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber blew up a truck near a police station in Iraq’s western Anbar province on Wednesday, killing seven people and wounding six, police said.
The bomber struck in the centre of a town just north of Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad.
Police said two of those killed and four of the wounded were police officers. Authorities immediately imposed a curfew in the town.
MAKHACHKALA, Russia: A suicide bomber blew up an explosives-packed car at a police station in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus on Wednesday, killing at least six officers and wounding 16, police said.
The bombing occurred at the traffic police station on the outskirts of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, just as officers were lining up outside for roll call.
City police chief Shamil Guseinov said the bomber detonated the explosives at the gates to the station after police stopped him from driving through. All those killed were at the gates, he said.
Their actions in stopping the car prevented much wider devastation, he said.
A similar bombing in a neighboring republic in August that killed 24 people and injured more than 200. In that attack, a man succeeded in crashing a bomb-laden van through the gates of the police station in Nazran, Ingushetia. The explosion left a bus-sized crater in what was left of the station.
GUWAHATI: Twin Blasts Rock Assam’s Nalbari District; 4 dead, 25 injured, Two blasts rocked Nalbari district in Lower Assam on Sunday morning, in which four persons have reportedly been killed while another 25 have been injured.
The blasts took place at around 10:15 hours (local time) outside a police station in Nalbari district, police said. The bombs were planted on a parked bicycle, a police official added.
Police suspected militants of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to have carried out the explosions.
Nalbari district is about 70 km west of Assam’s main city of Guwahati.
was first posted on November 22, 2009 at 11:06 am.
BANNU, Pakistan: Suicide Attack in Bannu Police Station, Four persons have been killed and at least 20 injured in suicide attack on Mandan police station in Bannu.
The police station was completely shattered, when an explosive laden mini-truck hit the building causing ear-splitting blast.
According to sources, the blast has carved an eight-fit deep pit on the attack site near police station building.
Injured policemen are being shifted to hospital and many of them have been reported in critical condition.
The tragic death of a young man on a Pakistani reality show shoot in Thailand has snowballed into a controversy with allegations surfacing about inadequate safety measures for the contestants.
Saad Khan, 32, a father of four kids and who belonged to an affluent family was killed when he drowned during a challenge stunt on the first ever reality show in Pakistan, sponsored by a leading multinational company and produced by a big advertising agency.
The incident occurred in an island in Thailand this month but the story broke out when the body of Saad was flown back to Karachi for burial. Khan, one of the reality show contestants was killed when he accepted a challenge from the show host, well-known Pakistani model Amina Sheikh, sources from the show said.
LAHORE: Pakistani Actress Meera has denied being married to Attiqur Rehman.
Defence-A Police Station House Officer (SHO) Inspector Abid Rasheed had alleged that he had seen the marriage certificate that showed that the wedding was solemnised on September 2, 2007.
The SHO said that the marriage was registered with the local union council, and the nikah khawan in Makkah Colony also confirmed the nuptials, reports the Daily Times.
The allegation emerged after Meera’s mother shifted antique furniture belonging to Attiqur, who accused her of secretly shifting the items without his knowledge.
Attiqur also claimed being beaten by his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and their other son-in-law Raheel.
LAHORE: The marriage of film star Meera was revealed on Sunday after a dispute arose over Meera’s mother shifting antique furniture belonging to the film star’s ‘husband’ Attiqur Rehman.
Defence-A Police Station House Officer (SHO) Inspector Abid Rasheed told Daily Times that he had seen the nikahnama (marriage certificate), according to which the nikah was solemnised on September 2, 2007. He said the nikahnama was duly registered with the local union council. The SHO said he had also questioned the nikah khawan in Makkah Colony, who confirmed that he had performed the nikah.
He said Attique had claimed that Meera’s mother, Shafqat Begum, secretly shifted the antiques from Attique’s house without informing him.
The SHO quoted Attique as saying he had asked his mother-in-law not to steal the antiques. Attique said he had gifted the actress a house in G-Block DHA, and did not want her to return it. According to the nikahnama that Attique showed to the police, he should pay Rs 20 million to Meera if he divorces her. He is also bound to pay Rs 0.1 million to her as pocket money. The dower money is stated at Rs 0.5 million.
Pictures of the marriage were also reportedly released to some TV channels. Police came to know of the incident after Attique called on emergency 15 and said his father-in-law, mother-in-law and their other son-in-law Raheel were beating him. Police arrested five men of each party from the scene, and took them to the police station. Later, they were released and told to return to the police station on Sunday at 10pm.
Meanwhile, in a press conference at her house, Meera denied the marriage. She said she only had business dealings with Attique, and he was trying to blackmail her. She said Attique had attacked her house on Saturday and she would have been killed if she were present there.