Bus crash kills 12 pilgrims


A bus carrying Syiah Muslim pilgrims returning from Iraq through Iran fell from a highway into a ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing at least 12 people and injuring 32 others, police and officials said.

The accident happened on the Makran coastal highway early yesterday, local police chief Qazi Sabir said. The driver lost control of the bus after its brakes failed while passing through Lasbela district in Balochistan province.

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