{"id":63413,"date":"2019-06-07T12:39:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T07:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=63413"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T07:43:08","slug":"eight-indians-among-17-killed-dubai-bus-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/world-news\/eight-indians-among-17-killed-dubai-bus-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Indians among 17 killed in Dubai bus accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At least eight Indians were killed after a bus from Oman met with an accident in Dubai, the Indian consulate in Dubai confirmed today (Friday, June 7).<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Twitter, the embassy announced, \u201cWe are sorry to inform that as per local authorities and relatives it is so far confirmed that eight Indians have passed away in Dubai bus accident. 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CG along with other officials and community members met the concerned relatives as well as hospital and police authorities late in the night to assure of all help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/world-news\/no-meeting-planned-pm-modi-pakistan-pm-imran-khan-sco-summit-63391\">No meeting planned between PM Modi and Pakistan PM Imran Khan at SCO Summit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police, however, did not comment on what caused the bus driver to hit the sign. It added that the deceased included different nationalities.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At least eight Indians were killed after a bus from Oman met with an accident in Dubai, the Indian consulate in Dubai confirmed today (Friday, June 7). 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