GESCOM officials booked after woman injured by live wire in Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Dec 24: A case has been registered against the officials of GESCOM and the City Corporation after a 34-year-old woman sustained injuries when an overhead live wire snapped and fell on her in the district headquarters town of Kalaburagi, police said on Tuesday.
The woman, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital, sustained severe injuries to her hands, legs, and stomach and is reported to be in serious condition, they said.
"On the complaint of the victim's family, we have registered a case of negligence against the officials of GESCOM (Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited) and Kalaburagi City Corporation, and the matter is being investigated," a senior police officer said.
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According to the police, on Monday, the electric wire fell on a school bus carrying intellectually disabled children and then landed on the woman. The bus, which was carrying 14 children, was stationed near Old Jewargi Cross to pick up children when the wire fell on the vehicle.
Unaware of the situation, the woman boarded the school vehicle with her son and sustained severe burn injuries as she was in contact with the ground while holding onto the bus to climb into it. However, all the children on the bus were safe, police said.
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South African police arrest suspect in mass shooting that killed 12, including 3 children
Johannesburg (AP): A 32-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting which claimed the lives of 12 people including three children at an unlicensed pub earlier this month, South African police said on Monday.
The man is suspected of being one of the three people who opened fire on patrons in a pub at Saulsville township, west of South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing 12 people including three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
At least 13 people were also injured during the attack, whose motive remains unknown.
According to the police, the suspect was arrested on Sunday while traveling to Botlokwa in Limpopo province, more than 340 km from where the mass shooting took place on Dec 6.
An unlicensed firearm believed to have been used during the attack was recovered from the suspect's vehicle.
“The 32-year-old suspect was intercepted by Limpopo Tracking Team on the R101 Road in Westenburg precinct. During the arrest, the team recovered an unlicensed firearm, a hand gun, believed to have been used in the commission of the multiple murders. The firearm will be taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic analysis,” police said in statement.
The suspect was arrested on the same day that another mass shooting at a pub took place in the Bekkersdal township, west of Johannesburg, in which nine people were killed and 10 wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire on patrons.
Police have since launched a search for the suspects.
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and recorded more than 26,000 homicides in 2024 — an average of more than 70 a day. Firearms are by far the leading cause of death in homicides.
The country of 62 million people has relatively strict gun ownership laws, but many killings are committed with illegal guns, according to authorities.
According to police, mass shootings at unlicensed bars are becoming a serious problem. Police shut down more than 11,000 illegal taverns between April and September this year and arrested more than 18,000 people for involvement in illegal liquor sales.
