3 killed, 12 injured in cylinder blast in Pakistan's Karachi

STORY: 3 killed, 12 injured in cylinder blast in Pakistan's Karachi SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 18, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: KARACHI, Pakistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site and rescue efforts STORYLINE: At least three people were killed and around 12 others severely injured on Monday in a gas cylinder blast in a building in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, the rescue service said. Salman Naseer, an official of the rescue organization Edhi Foundation, told Xinhua that the accident took place in Machar Colony area when new gas cylinders were being shifted to a shop of cylinders beneath a double-story residential building. Soon after the blast, the building suddenly turned into rubble, he added. The locals of the area immediately started rescuing the trapped people and were then joined by the rescue workers, Naseer said, adding that up to 15 trapped people had been recovered while at least one was still under the rubble. A search operat

South Sudan Vice President Machar

South Sudan Vice President Machar

JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on Nov. 1, 2011. He said Japan's planned dispatch of Ground Self-Defense Force engineers to South Sudan will help the two nations build closer ties.

S. Sudan peace deal signed but ceasefire still uncertain

S. Sudan peace deal signed but ceasefire still uncertain

File photo taken in April 2013 shows South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit (R) and then Vice President Riek Machar standing side by side at the presidential palace in Juba. The peace process in the African country remains uncertain amid confrontation between the president and Machar who has turned a rebel leader. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

South Sudan Vice President Machar

South Sudan Vice President Machar

JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on Nov. 1, 2011. He said Japan's planned dispatch of Ground Self-Defense Force engineers to South Sudan will help the two nations build closer ties. (Kyodo)

Capital may be attacked if conflict spirals

Capital may be attacked if conflict spirals

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar gives an interview to Kyodo News near Johannesburg on Oct. 26, 2016. Machar said if no political solution is found in the nation's ongoing civil war, the militant group could target the capital Juba, where Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are stationed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo