Briefs, March 4, 2013
At least six people died in a spate of snow-related incidents as blizzards swept across the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend.
TOKYO - At least six people died in a spate of snow-related incidents as blizzards swept across the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend. A 40-year-old woman and her three teenaged children were found dead in a car buried under snow in the town of Nakashibetsu, eastern Hokkaido. They are believed to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning with the car's exhaust pipe blocked by snow and the windows up. AFP
KARACHI - A bomb blast killed at least seven people in a neighbourhood dominated by Shiite Muslims in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi. Police official Azhar Iqbal said the bomb exploded yesterday outside a Shiite mosque as people were leaving evening prayers. Initial reports suggest the bomb was rigged to a motorcycle, but a survey of the damage indicated there could have been additional explosives planted at the scene. No one has claimed responsibility. AP