GILGIT: Following aerial firing during a rally, tension resumed in the area. After the incident government vans with loudspeakers announced the imposition of Section 144 and advised residents to...
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March 04, 2012
GILGIT: Following aerial firing during a rally, tension resumed in the area.
After the incident government vans with loudspeakers announced the imposition of Section 144 and advised residents to stay indoors.
The firing incident took place during a condolence rally held for a victim of the Kohistan bus ambush.
The situation in Gilgit has been tense over the course of the last week following the brutal killing of 16 people during a bus ambush in Kohistan.