Australia asylum shipwreck ‘drowns dozens’

At least 37 people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying suspected asylum seekers crashed into rocks on Australia’s Christmas Island.

Pictures from the scene showed the boat, believed to be carrying Iranians and Iraqis, smashed to pieces. Witnesses said they could do little to help as the seas were too rough to approach the vessel.

The boat appeared to be trying to land at Christmas Island, where Australia has an immigration detention centre. Rescue efforts were under way and officials declined to give any immediate confirmation of casualties or deaths in the accident. The boat crashed into jagged rocks on Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean where refugee hopefuls are housed in a detention center. It appeared the boat had crashed into a rocky area as it was attempting to land at a cove, he said.

The Australian Federal Police would say only that they were responding to a maritime incident involving a suspected illegal vessel on the island. The department declined to comment further.

Lahore: Speeding car kills 2 motorbike riders

In the area of Islampura, Lahore, a speeding car hit 2 motorbike riders on the road, killing all both of them.
According to police, Kashif Gujjar and Mushahid who were residents of Sheikhupura, used to work as embroiders on Bund Road. On Saturday night, both of them were going back on motorbike from factory when a speeding car hit them on Chohan road due to which both of them got seriously injured; where as the car driver managed to flee from the scene. The injured were being shifted to Services Hospital with the help of Rescue 1122 when Kashif succumbed to his injuries on the way, while Mushahid expired after reaching the hospital. After investigations, police returned the dead bodies to their relatives.

Lahore: Speeding car kills 2 motorbike riders

In the area of Islampura, Lahore, a speeding car hit 2 motorbike riders on the road, killing all both of them.
According to police, Kashif Gujjar and Mushahid who were residents of Sheikhupura, used to work as embroiders on Bund Road. On Saturday night, both of them were going back on motorbike from factory when a speeding car hit them on Chohan road due to which both of them got seriously injured; where as the car driver managed to flee from the scene. The injured were being shifted to Services Hospital with the help of Rescue 1122 when Kashif succumbed to his injuries on the way, while Mushahid expired after reaching the hospital. After investigations, police returned the dead bodies to their relatives.

Lahore: Speeding car kills 2 motorbike riders

In the area of Islampura, Lahore, a speeding car hit 2 motorbike riders on the road, killing all both of them.
According to police, Kashif Gujjar and Mushahid who were residents of Sheikhupura, used to work as embroiders on Bund Road. On Saturday night, both of them were going back on motorbike from factory when a speeding car hit them on Chohan road due to which both of them got seriously injured; where as the car driver managed to flee from the scene. The injured were being shifted to Services Hospital with the help of Rescue 1122 when Kashif succumbed to his injuries on the way, while Mushahid expired after reaching the hospital. After investigations, police returned the dead bodies to their relatives.

Lahore: Speeding car kills 2 motorbike riders

In the area of Islampura, Lahore, a speeding car hit 2 motorbike riders on the road, killing all both of them.
According to police, Kashif Gujjar and Mushahid who were residents of Sheikhupura, used to work as embroiders on Bund Road. On Saturday night, both of them were going back on motorbike from factory when a speeding car hit them on Chohan road due to which both of them got seriously injured; where as the car driver managed to flee from the scene. The injured were being shifted to Services Hospital with the help of Rescue 1122 when Kashif succumbed to his injuries on the way, while Mushahid expired after reaching the hospital. After investigations, police returned the dead bodies to their relatives.

One shot dead by unknown gunmen in Quetta

Staff Report

QUETTA: At least one person has been killed in an attack by unknown gunmen on a saloon in Saryab Kechi Baig area of the city.

According to sources, the motor-bike riding three armed men managed to escape from the scene after the attack. The firing victim, Muhammad Arif, died on the spot.

The dead body of the deceased was moved by an Edhi ambulance to Civil Hospital Quetta and after completion of necessary proceeding it was handed over to the family of the victim. Muhammad Arif was a resident of Toba Tek Singh area of Punjab.

Abdul Ghaffar, brother of the deceased, told that the unknown armed gun men opened fire with Kalashnikov at the saloon and escaped from the scene. SAMAA

Petrol pump owner shot dead in Peshawar

Staff Report

PESHAWAR: A petrol pump owner has been shot dead in Ganj, Peshawar on Thursday.

According to police, the owner of Hyderi petrol pump, Haider Ali Kizlibash, was returning home after dropping his daughter to school. When he returned home in Ganj area, unknown culprits opened fire at him.

Haider received many bullets and died on the spot. The attackers managed to escape from the scene.

Police have started investigations after moving the dead body to Khyber Medical College. SAMAA

North Waziristan:11 militants killed in two drone strike

At least 11 militants have been killed while four others injured in two drone strikes in Dattakhel, North Waziristan, Dunya News reported on Saturday.
According to the sources, two drone planes fired at least four missiles at a house in Anzarkas village of Dattakhel, killing nine people. The house was completely destroyed in the attack.
The second attack took place in Inzarkas village, around two kms from the scene of an earlier drone strike on Saturday, some 45 kms west of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan (NW) tribal district.
The US drone fired two missiles and targeted a vehicle. Four militants have been killed, a security official in the area said.The US spy planes are still making low flights in the area with local people panicked.
According to a foreign news agency, the house was frequented by extremists who belonged to Haqqani group.

North Waziristan:11 militants killed in two drone strike

At least 11 militants have been killed while four others injured in two drone strikes in Dattakhel, North Waziristan, Dunya News reported on Saturday.
According to the sources, two drone planes fired at least four missiles at a house in Anzarkas village of Dattakhel, killing nine people. The house was completely destroyed in the attack.
The second attack took place in Inzarkas village, around two kms from the scene of an earlier drone strike on Saturday, some 45 kms west of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan (NW) tribal district.
The US drone fired two missiles and targeted a vehicle. Four militants have been killed, a security official in the area said.The US spy planes are still making low flights in the area with local people panicked.
According to a foreign news agency, the house was frequented by extremists who belonged to Haqqani group.

Woman charged over cat in bin incident

LONDON: A woman caught on film picking up and cat and dumping it in a rubbish bin has been charged with two criminal offences, the RSPCA said on Monday.

Mary Bale, 45, has been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to a cat, a tabby called Lola, and also of not providing the animal with a suitable environment.

She is due to appear before Coventry Magistrates’ Court on Oct. 19.

Lola was found by her owners Darryl Mann and his wife Stephanie crying for help inside the wheelie bin about 15 hours after she had gone missing.

“Ms Bale was witnessed on CCTV footage stroking a cat, then looking round and picking the cat up by the scruff of its neck before putting it in a wheelie bin, shutting the lid and walking away from the scene. At no point did she return,” the RSPCA said in a statement.

Bale was traced after Mann, who had installed security

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