01:10Pakistan: 12 soldiers killed as bridge collapses, sabotage suspected
Twelve soldiers were killed when a bridge collapsed causing four train carriages to plunge into a river in Gujranwala on Thursday.
According to authorities the train was carrying 200 soldiers on a Ramadan vacation en route from Pano Akil to Cantt, when a section of the Head Chanawa Bridge caved in. So far eight bodies have been recovered from the river and more than 50 rescued.
Army personnel are not permitting civilian relief workers near the bridge and have closed the incident site off. The Pakistani army is reportedly not ruling out that the incident was an act of sabotage.
01:10Twelve soldiers were killed when a bridge collapsed causing four train carriages to plunge into a river in Gujranwala on Thursday.
According to authorities the train was carrying 200 soldiers on a Ramadan vacation en route from Pano Akil to Cantt, when a section of the Head Chanawa Bridge caved in. So far eight bodies have been recovered from the river and more than 50 rescued.
Army personnel are not permitting civilian relief workers near the bridge and have closed the incident site off. The Pakistani army is reportedly not ruling out that the incident was an act of sabotage.