LASBELA: At least nine security personnel of Pakistan Navy have been martyred and 29 others injured when their bus plunged into a ditch near Bozi top in Lasbela, Balochistan.

The bus, carrying Pak Navy soldiers, was going to Karachi from Ormara area of Gwadar district. It had developed a mechanical fault which led to the accident.

According to rescue officials, the dead and injured were shifted to Navy Hospital in Ormara after rescuing them for medico-legal formalities and medical treatment respectively.

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On Nov 14, a collision between two speedy vehicles had claimed three lives and left two others critically injured in Swat’s Tehsil Kabbal.