Bus Carrying Japanese Tourists Crashes in Türkiye, 22 Injured

This handout photograph taken and released by the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on October 17, 2024, shows a tour bus after it overturned near Afyonkarahisar in western Türkiye. (Photo by Demiroren News AAgency / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP)

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16:23-17 October 2024 AD ـ 14 Rabi’ Al-Thani 1446 AH

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16:23-17 October 2024 AD ـ 14 Rabi’ Al-Thani 1446 AH

Bus Carrying Japanese Tourists Crashes in Türkiye, 22 Injured

A bus carrying Japanese tourists veered off a road and crashed into a ditch in Türkiye on Thursday, injuring 22 people on board, the state-run news agency reported.

The accident occurred on a highway in Afyonkarahisar province, about 250 kilometers southwest of Ankara, the Anadolu Agency reported.

The cause of the accident was not immediately known.

The injured passengers, including one who was in life-threatening condition, were taken to hospitals in Afyonkarahisar, the agency said.

Gunmen Kill 2 Security Officials Assigned to Protect Polio Workers in Pakistan

A health worker marks a child's hand after administering polio vaccine drops at school during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Quetta, Pakistan, 22 April 2025. EPA/FAYYAZ AHMAD

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11:01-23 April 2025 AD ـ 25 Shawwal 1446 AH

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Gunmen Kill 2 Security Officials Assigned to Protect Polio Workers in Pakistan

A health worker marks a child's hand after administering polio vaccine drops at school during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Quetta, Pakistan, 22 April 2025. EPA/FAYYAZ AHMAD

Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed two security officials assigned to protect polio workers in restive southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday before fleeing the scene, police said.
The attack occurred in a residential area of Mastung, a district in Balochistan, according to Mohammad Arif, a local police official. According to the Associated Press, no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The health workers, who were vaccinating children in a nearby street, were unharmed, the official said.
Shahid Rind, a government spokesman in Balochistan, denounced the attack, which came two days after Pakistan launched a weeklong nationwide vaccination campaign aimed at protecting 45 million children from polio.
According to the World Health Organization, Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan remain the only two countries where the potentially fatal, paralyzing virus hasn’t been stopped.
Police and health workers are often attacked by militants who falsely claim that vaccination efforts are part of a Western plot to sterilize Muslim children.
Pakistan saw a surge in polio cases last year, with 74 reported cases compared to just one in 2021. The South Asian country reported just six cases since January.
Since the 1990s, more than 200 polio workers and the police assigned to protect them have been killed in attacks.

Bus Carrying Japanese Tourists Crashes in Türkiye, 22 Injured

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Gunmen Kill 2 Security Officials Assigned to Protect Polio Workers in Pakistan

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