Islamabad, Mar. 1 : A Levies official and a suicide bomber were killed and 20 injured in a suicide attack at the convoy of Bajaur Levies on Saturday, The News reports.
Islamabad, Mar. 1 : The death toll in the suicide bombing in Mingora has reached 46, even as 16 dead persons were buried today in the presence of their bereaved relatives.
Colombo, Mar, 1 : Velupillai Prabakaran, the reclusive leader of Sri Lanka's rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is reported to be suffering from a badly gangrened leg, which could be amputated.
According to an Asian Tribune report, Prabhakaran is holed up in a highly secret location in Wanni that has been declared out of bounds for senior LTTE cadres, including Pottu Amman, the intelligence Chief and Sosai, the head of the Sea Tigers.
Prabakaran who is also critically diabetic and has an injured shoulder needs immediate hospitalization, said the report.
The paper quoted reliable sources as saying that a specialist doctor and a medical team were flown into the Wanni region from Tamil Nadu to treat Prabhakaran.