Eleven people, including several children, died as a result of a gas leak from a factory which also affected nearby houses. The gas leak occurred in Giaspura, the Ludhiana industrial area in northern Punjab state. According to Deputy Police Commissioner Ludhiana Surabhi Malik, the cause of the gas leak has yet to be ascertained. "Eleven killed, four hospitalized. Rescue efforts are still going on, an official said following the tragedy, according to the AFP. Officials told that the gas may have come from the well and likely formed as a result of a chemical process involving methane. A gas leak at a garment factory in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh hospitalized more than 100 women in August last year.
Afghanistan, (Daily Post). Insurgents attacked two vans in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday, killing at least nine people. "The bombs were installed inside the vans; as a result of those blasts, nine people were killed and 13 were injured," Mohammad Asif Waziri, the commander of Mazar-e-Sharif, said. The local Shi'ite community operated and used the public transportation vans, he added. The Shiite Muslim Hazara community, a minority Muslim sect in Afghanistan, is often attacked by armed groups, including the Islamic State. The Taliban, who seized power following NATO's withdrawal, claimed earlier this week that they had eliminated the majority of the Islamic State's presence in Afghanistan. Despite the Taliban claims, attacks on Shia Muslims continue in many parts of the country.
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