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Tension mounts in Gilgit as man shot
 Gilgit city and its suburban areas were tense, as unidentified people shot another person in the Jutiyal area on Wednesday night. Sources said Shakeel was shot and injured and many shops were burnt down in the same locality. Tour operators said hundreds of foreign and local tourists had left Gilgit for safer places due to the tensions in Gilgit city, which has continued for the fourth consecutive day.Tensions began when unidentified men ambushed a Rawalpindi-bound NATCO bus on Karakoram Highway near Chilas on Sunday night and killed five passengers and wounded six. A press release of the Gilgit administration stated on Wednesday that unidentified men had shot and killed taxi driver Habibur Rahman in Didingdas and Rajab Ali and Arif Hussain in Gilgit while Shakeel was shot and wounded on Wednesday night in the Jutiyal neighbourhood. Almost all shopping and business centres were closed and traffic was light on Thursday. Except for a few pedestrians, roads in Gilgit were mainly empty. Large contingents of police and Rangers were deployed in Sonikote and Kashroot to ward off further clashes, sources added. Posted by: Fred 2005-07-22 |
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