SHANGLA: Four persons, including two children, were killed and seven others injured in two road accidents in Bisham tehsil on Wednesday.
Police said a jeep heading towards Sangrai from Bisham city fell into a ravine in Kerai area, killing a two-year-old child namely Arsala Khan, his father Rahim Zada and mother Asia Bibi on the spot, and injuring three persons.
The dead and the injured were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Bisham, wherefrom all the three injured were referred to Saidu Teaching Hospital in Swat.
In another accident, a pickup van fell into a gorge in Bar Batkot area, killing a six-year-old child on the spot, and injuring four others including two women. The locals shifted the dead and the injured to the tehsil headquarters hospital. The deceased was identified as Shakeel Khan, 6, of Bar Batkot.
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VEHARI: Four people, including two women, were killed and 10 others were injured in a road accident near Zaheernagar in the Burewala Saddar police limits, about 45km from here, on Saturday.
As per details, a Pakpattan-bound bus collided with another bus coming from the opposite side due to speeding. As a result, four passengers of the former were killed on the spot. They were identified as Mujahid (35) and his wife Sadia (30), residents of Shah Rukn-i-Alam Colony, Multan, Najma (40) and her son Saqlain (2), residents of Arifwala.
Ten other passengers who were injured were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Burewala, by the Rescue 1122. They included Asia Bibi (35) and Ali Hasan (2), residents of Garah Morr, Tariq (50) of Arifwala, Shahbaz (27) of Pakpattan, Imran (30) and Bilqees (60) of Vehari and Sharifan (60) of Muzaffargarh.
A nine-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and strangled to death in Natroppa in the jurisdiction of Hazro police station on Sunday. File
TAXILA: A nine-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and strangled to death in Natroppa in the jurisdiction of Hazro police station on Sunday.
Behram Khan, the victim’s father, informed the police that he had come to Punjdher village along with his wife and children to attend a marriage ceremony from where his daughter went missing.
Later, her body was found in an under-construction house near Chach interchange.
Police reached the spot and shifted the deceased to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital where after medical examination, it was confirmed that she had been raped. A case was registered under section 302 and 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code and further investigation is underway.