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CRPF jawan kills 2
KOLKATA, FEB 10 — In a major incident, a CRPF jawan ran amok, allegedly murdering two immigration officials and injuring two others before shooting himself at NSC Bose International Airport here today. The jawan, R.D. Burman, who was on duty at the arrival lounge, suddenly opened fire with an SLR at the officials who were attending to passengers of a British Airways flight, Mr O.P. Gupta, SP (Airport), said. Ilias Mondal and M.C. Roy, two Sub-inspectors of the Kolkata police, were killed on the spot and two others were injured, one of them seriously, he said. After the shooting, the jawan fled the spot, ran into the apron area and reportedly attempted suicide by shooting himself. He was rushed to a hospital in a critical state along with the injured. Mr Gupta said the jawan was on duty from 11 p.m. last night at the international lounge and there was no apparent provocation for the shooting. — PTI

Mobs loot shops
QUETTA, FEB 10 — Angry mobs looted shops, burnt vehicles and clashed with the police in this southwestern Pakistani city today after five persons were killed in a dispute between two groups of transport operators, police and witnesses said. At least 10 jewellery shops and grocery stores were looted as violence broke out after members of the ethnic Hazara community forced people to down shutters over the killings in an ambush yesterday, they said. Rampaging youths from Hazara settlers and local Pashtun and Baloch tribes torched six motor bikes and damaged about 20 vehicles, they said. — AFP

Bomb blast in Kabul
ISLAMABAD, FEB 10 — A powerful bomb exploded outside a government office in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul today, wounding four persons, a Pakistan-based Afghan news service reported. “There was no loss of life or property because of the blast,’’ the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) quoted an official of the ruling Taliban regime as saying. — Reuters