South African rapper Kiernan AKA Forbes shot dead outside Durban hotel
New Delhi: South African rapper Kiernan Forbes (35) was shot dead outside a popular restaurant in Durban on Friday evening.
Popularly known as Rapper AKA, he was shot six times, South African media has stated.
Condoling the death of the singer, Forbes’ parents posted a statement on his Twitter handle, reports NDTV.
"It is with extreme sadness that we acknowledge the passing of our beloved son," his parents have said in the statement.
They have also said that further details are awaited from the Durban police officers.
AKA’s new ‘Mass County’ was to be released on February 27.
— AKA (@akaworldwide) February 11, 2023
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
