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| May 31, 2005 | Tuesday | Rabi-us-Sani 22, 1426 |
Avalanche kills 12 soldiers
SKARDU, May 30: Twelve armymen were killed by an avalanche in the Siachen area on Thursday, sources said, adding that all the bodies except one had been found. Eleven bodies were brought to Skardu by a special army helicopter. Those who died were identified as Ghulam Murtaza, resident of Mianwali; Mohammad Arshad, resident of Haripur; Mohammad Nawaz, resident of Sahiwal; Nasrullah, resident of Sialkot; Ali Murad, resident of Ghizer district in Norther Areas; Mohammad Akram, resident of Mandi Bahauddin; Mohammad Shah Nawaz, resident of Narowal; Ibrar Hussain, resident of Abbottabad; and Mohammad Altaf resident of Mianwali. The names of the other three could not be ascertained.
Their funeral prayers were offered at the Combined Military Hospital here on Friday.
Later, the bodies were sent to their native towns.
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