Four soldiers, 12 terrorists killed in Pakistan
Islamabad, Sep 7: Four Pakistani soldiers and 12 terrorists were killed in a clash between government security forces and the terrorists in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said. The clash occurred in Chitral district where a group of terrorists equipped with the latest weapons attacked two Pakistani military posts located closer to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday in the statement as quoted by Xinhua news agency report. The security forces have inflicted heavy casualties on the terrorists, and the area is being combed to eliminate any other terrorists surviving the operation, the statement added. (IANS)
Palestinian teen stabs 2 in East Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Sep 7: A Palestinian teenager carried out a stabbing attack in East Jerusalem’s Old City, injuring two people, the Israeli police said. Video footage circulating on social media shows the youth attacking a man from behind before a third person rushed to help the victim, and the youth then fled the scene. The 17-year-old suspect was caught after a manhunt and taken into custody, the police said on Wednesday in a statement, releasing a photo of a butcher knife suspected to have been used by the attacker, Xinhua news agency reported. Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency medical service said in a statement that one of the victims sustained severe wounds. (IANS)
2.94L marooned in China
Beijing, Sep 7: Typhoon Haikui, the 11th typhoon of this year, has forced 294,100 residents to temporarily evacuate in China’s coastal Fujian province, authorities said on Thursday. As of Wednesday, torrential rains brought by the typhoon had disrupted the lives of nearly 1.6 million people in the province, disaster management authorities said. Almost 10,000 hectares of crops were damaged, and more than 2,500 houses were damaged or destroyed, causing a direct economic loss of 5.05 billion yuan ($701 million). Many coastal areas of the province saw heavy rainstorms after the landfall of the typhoon on Tuesday. (IANS)