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Eleven identified including seven Pakistanis

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New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) Eleven of the 68 killed in the Samjhauta Express blasts have been identified so far including seven Pakistani nationals and two RPF personnel.

Also among those identified is Yasmeen Akhtar, a resident of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, and Shekina Begum from Salempur in Delhi, a Northern Railway release said.

While six of the seven Pakistanis identified - Saiyyad Akhtar, Tasleem Khan, Nafeesa Begum, Mahreen Khan, Rool Amin and Mohd Sajid - hailed from Hyderabad in Pakistan, the seventh, Shafiq Ahmed, is a resident of Karachi.

Among those identified are also two RPF personnel, Kashmir Singh from Ferozpur and Rajender Pal from Gurdaspur in Punjab.

Following is a list of the dead identified 1) Shakina Begum, Salempur Zafrabad, Delhi 2) Saiyyad Akhtar, Hyderabad, Pakistan 3) Kashmir Singh, ASI RPF, Ferozpur 4) Yasmin Akhtar, Srinagar 5) Rajender Pal, Constable RPF, Gurdaspur, Punjab 6) Tasleem Khan, Hyderabad, Pakistan 7) Shafiq Ahmed, Karachi, Pakistan 8) Nafeesa Begum, Hyderabad, Pakistan 9) Mahreen Khan, Hyderabad, Pakistan 10)Rool Amin, Hyderabad, Pakistan 11)Mohd Sajid, Hyderabad, Pakistan UNI
Topics: TERRORISM-SAMJHAUTA-IDENTIFIED
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