Monday, 4 June 2012

25 killed as bus falls into ravine in N. Pakistan

June 4

At least 25 people were killed and over 60 others injured when a passenger bus fell into a deep ravine in Pakistan's northern city of Kahuta in the wee hours of Monday, police said. District civil...

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Crash: 109 Corpses So Far Recovered, Says LASEMA

June 4

Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, on Monday said that 109 victims had so far been recovered from the crashed Dana Air plane. The plane crashed on Sunday at the Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State, killing all 153 people on board. The number of those killed on the ground has yet to be determined. Oke-Osanyintolu told journalists at the scene of the crash that 25 of the bodies were still intact while the remaining ones were burnt beyond recognition. He said that DNA tests on the corpses had been started by the Lagos State Ministry of Health to ascertain the identities of the burnt persons. The general manager said that 15 families displaced by the crash had been taken to the state relief camp at Agbowa-Ikosi in Epe, Lagos State. He also said that counselling centres had been established by the state government for the bereaved families. “The major challenge we had yesterday was crowd...

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Plane crashes in Nigeria, all 153 aboard dead

June 4

LAGOS, Nigeria - Police dogs sniffed for dead bodies Monday in the rubble of buildings destroyed when an airliner crashed into them, killing all 153 aboard, as cranes lifted away heavy pieces of debris...

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