ONE of the pupils who was injured when a school van overturned in Johor Baru ended up with 50 glass shards in her finger, Makkal Osai reported.
SJK (T) Jalan Yahya Awal Year Four pupil Thanusha Sree was one of 16 pupils injured in the accident which shocked the nation and raised serious questions about road and school transport safety.
When doctors removed the bandages on her arms it was discovered that one of her fingers had turned black, her mother said.
There were 50 shards and fragments of glass found in just one finger, she was quoted as saying.
Thanusha has been transferred to Hospital Selayang in Selangor for further treatment.
> Thirteen people have been arrested in Pakistan following the honour killing of a young couple, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Bano Bibi and Ahsan Ullah from the Balochistan region apparently got married against the wishes of their families.
The families objected to their marriage as both were divorcees with children of their own.
The woman’s brother allegedly complained to their tribal leader about the marriage and that she did not have his consent.
The couple was kidnapped and killed in May by a mob using firearms.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
