KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) The death toll from an overnight grenade attack on a truck carrying women and children in Karachi rose to 12 on Sunday. Attackers targeted the truck on Saturday evening as it shuttled an extended family from a wedding ceremony in a western Karachi neighborhood, killing nine people and wounding nine others. […]
The thirteen women, teenage boys and babies who were killed in a grenade attack in Karachi s Baldia Saturday night were on their way back not from a wedding but a post-nuptial ritual as part of Pakhtun tradition. Had fate not intervened, the bride s name could also have been on the list of victims. The attack took place at Hub River Road (also known as RCD highway) near Mowach Morr. The Shehzore mini truck, whose cargo bed was packed with about 25 passengers, mostly women, their sons and brothers, was attacked by militants, said police. Initial reports on Saturday night suggested that they were returning from a wedding in Faqeera Goth but additional details emerged Sunday. AN.
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KARACHI:
A woman was shot dead by her husband after a domestic dispute at their home located near Jamia Bazar Jungle School in Baldia Town on Monday. The body was taken to the Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities and was identified as that of 35-year-old Erum Shehzadi.
The deceased was mother to three children. Ittehad Town SHO Zafar Ali Shah shared that Erum was gunned down by her husband over an alleged family dispute. The suspect managed to escape, taking his three children along with him. He later dropped them at a relative s residence before fleeing.