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Kohistan bus accident kills 15, injures 22
The van went out of driver’s control due to speeding.
The van went out of driver’s control due to speeding.
KOHISTAN: At least 15 people were killed and 22 others sustained injuries after a passenger bus fell into a ravine in the Komila district of Kohistan area early Thursday, police said.
The accident occurred when the bus was en route to Skardu from Rawalpindi by Karakoram Highway (KKH).
A resident said that those killed included women and children.
According to reports reaching Gilgit, the driver also died in the accident that occurred due to speeding.
Locals of the area on self-help basis immediately launched a rescue operation and pulled out the deceased and the injured and shifted the injured to nearby hospitals.
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This is second accident in row after Killing of innocent passengers of Gilgit and Skardu bond buses. The banned Jandola claimed responsibility of the first attack in Kohistan in which 18 passengers were killed and later an angry mob repeated the same killing over 20 and burning buses. Both were declared as reaction of killings in Gilgit.
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@true muslim:
It is not right to justify any act of terrorism by saying that the tragedies of Chilas and Kohistan are reaction of killings in Gilgit. If Chilas killings are reaction of gilgit incident, then what happened exactly in Gilgit before Kohistan killings? Absolutely, nothing. The media should have courage to declare terrorism as terrorism. Giving justifications for mass murdering is not right.
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Friends, but in this incident the Locals of the area on self-help basis immediately launched a rescue operation and pulled out the deceased and the injured and shifted the injured to nearby hospitals, as reported Express Tribune. This is an another side of the coin. plz dont igore the humanistics aspects of the people. Plz dont try to relate this incident with the other ones.
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Now, the road is open for single sect. God knows, who is going to win the benefits.
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Friends, but in this incident the Locals of the area on self-help basis immediately launched a rescue operation and pulled out the deceased and the injured and shifted the injured to nearby hospitals, as reported Express Tribune. This is an another side of the coin. plz dont igore the humanistics aspects of the people. Plz dont try to relate this incident with the other ones.
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