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| India-Pakistan |
| Paks suspend three coppers over bus boom... |
| 2002-12-23 |
| Authorities suspended three police officers on Monday for failing to prevent or later find those responsible for a weekend bus bombing that killed two people in southern Pakistan. The bombing Saturday in Hyderabad was the second time a bus has been attacked in the city in just over a month. "Twice in a month is just too often! They could have at least waited another month or two..." "We suspended a deputy superintendent of police as well as two other officers because they were lax in their duty to prevent the bombing and because they have gotten nowhere with the investigation into the previous bus bombing," Deputy Inspector General Police Akbar Arien told The Associated Press. "We're assuming that's because they didn't want to..." Arien said three separate investigation teams have been established to investigate the explosion. No group claimed responsibility, and Arien refused to speculate about who might have been behind the explosion Saturday. "But we suspect the usual suspects. We're starting with relatives of the cops we suspended." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 I wonder what the current count is on bus bombs in the world of Islam? Maybe you could start a Bus Bomb ticker to tally these great strategic vehicles of Death |
| Posted by: Camel Toes 2002-12-24 00:22:43 |
| #2 Why bother blowing them up? They were probably due to roll down a ravine or fall off a bridge in the not too distant future anyways. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2002-12-23 14:30:14 |
| #1 the folks on the subcontinent have issues with busses. Perhaps Ralph Nader can talk to them about the wonders of mass transportation because they don't seem to appreciate it. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2002-12-23 13:27:23 |