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07-07-2025
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Lion kept as pet attacks woman, her kids in Pakistan's Lahore; owner arrested
A pet lion caused panic in Lahore, Pakistan, after escaping from a farmhouse and attacking a woman and her two children, leading to the arrest of its owners, officials said on Sunday. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media. read more In a strange case, a pet lion escaped from a farmhouse and injured a woman and her two children in Lahore, Pakistan. The owners of the pet lion have been arrested, authorities said on Sunday. The arrest followed dramatic video footage showing the lion jumping over a wall and attacking people in a residential area. Surveillance footage shows a pet lion escape, leap a wall, lunge at a woman, and chase two children in Lahore, Pakistan. All injured were hospitalised but survived. — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) July 7, 2025 STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Police official Faisal Kamran said the woman and her children, aged five and seven, suffered injuries to their faces and arms on Wednesday night when the lion broke free from its cage. According to a police report, the children's father claimed the lion's owners stood by and watched as the animal clawed his family, without trying to stop it. The lion later returned to the owners' farmhouse and was moved to a wildlife park, police said. In Pakistan, keeping exotic animals like lions is seen as a status symbol among some wealthy people, despite strict laws and high costs associated with ownership. Meanwhile, in Turkey, another lion escaped from a theme park near the resort city of Antalya and was shot dead on Sunday after attacking a man, according to the local governor and media reports. The lion, reportedly named Zeus, got out of its enclosure at the Land of Lions theme park in Manavgat, about 65 kilometres east of Antalya, early on Sunday morning. Turkish newspaper BirGün reported that the lion attacked an agricultural worker named Suleiman Kir, who was sleeping in a pistachio field with his wife. Kir fought the lion off before it ran away. He was injured but not seriously and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Yahoo
Former Calik Employee Dies Following Altercation
A former Calik Holding worker died last week after he was involved in a violent altercation outside the company's headquarters in the Turkish capital of Istanbul. Erol Eğrek, who was previously employed at one of Calik Holding's textile plants in Turkmenistan, had marched up to the Şişli district building on May 9 to demand the 7 million Turkish lira ($180,559) he claimed the multi-industry conglomerate still owed him after his termination without cause more than a decade ago, according to local media. More from Sourcing Journal Bestseller Wants Higher Wages for Myanmar's Garment Workers. Activists Call Foul. Trump's Policies Are Roiling Africa's Garment and Textiles Industry USTR Says 'Unfair' Trade Practices Are Undermining U.S. Apparel and Textiles The 48-year-old arrived carrying a firearm, which witnesses said he fired at a flower pot, waved around and then pointed to his head. The former electrical maintenance supervisor, they said, was set upon by 10 security guards who disarmed him and started beating him. Following his loss of consciousness, Erol was taken by emergency responders to Cemil Taşçıoğlu State Hospital, where he was pronounced dead from a heart attack. Yasin Eğrek, one of Erol's four children, told BirGün, a Turkish daily, that his father has been struggling for 13 years without being 'able to make his voice heard.' Yasin said that Erol died not in the hospital but inside the building where his body was moved after the pummelling he received. 'My father was beaten to death,' Yasin said. 'It is not true that he died in the hospital, as it is written in the news. They beat him in front of the building and then took him inside; there is no footage from inside. We saw it ourselves. His face, neck, shoulders…he was covered in bruises. There were a lot of wounds, bruises; there were marks of beating.' In a statement, Calik Holding, the parent company of Calik Denim, said that it was 'saddened by this unfortunate event,' that it does not condone violence 'under any circumstances,' and that it supports a thorough investigation into 'every aspect of the incident.' The company also said that Erol fired not once but four times at the entrance of its building, which it described as a high-traffic area that included a hospital and school, thereby posing a public safety risk. 'Law enforcement authorities were immediately notified at the time of the incident,' it said. 'Considering the potential additional threat posed by the backpack the individual was carrying; our security personnel neutralized the threat and handed him over to the authorities.' Erol had filmed a video before his run-in, saying that he had no request other than his compensation. BirGün said that he had pursued legal recourse several times but that Calik Holding had denied his claims despite the courts siding with him. 'We have been trying for more than 10 years,' Yasin said. 'We won the case, but they didn't give it to us. Is the state behind them? Who is behind them? Although we won the case, they did not give us our compensation. He was in a financially troubled situation. If my father hadn't died, we would have had a wedding. We were going to have my brother's wedding in the summer. They stole our dreams from us.' Calik Holding disputes this, saying that it had made a settlement of 7.2 million Turkish lira ($185,717) to Erol and 32 other former employees in 2016. Despite signing a legally binding release, Erol had continued for years to direct 'baseless accusations' and 'unfounded demands' toward the company, including through threatening messages. 'At no point during this period did the individual pursue legal action regarding his claims,' Calik Holding said. 'Therefore, our company neither owes any payment to him nor is subject to any ongoing litigation concerning the matter.' But Turkey's trade unions say Calik Holding is responsible for Erol's death. They include the Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey, or DISK, which condemned the 'beating and killing of our worker friend' and said that his struggle will not be 'left unfinished.' 'While new obstacles are being created every day for workers to seek their rights in our country, which is among the 10 worst countries in the world in terms of workers' rights, some people have the audacity to beat and kill workers who seek their rights,' DISK said in a statement that used Turkey's official name. 'Those responsible for this situation are not only the security guards of the company; it is the political power that has turned Türkiye into a hell for workers and a paradise of exploitation for capital.' On Wednesday, Birtek-Sen, an organization that represents textile, weaving and leather workers, protested outside the Calik Denim factory in Malatya. It said that Erol was dismissed without severance in 2012 because he spoke about the links between Calik Holding and the Fethullah Gülen movement. Until his death in Pennsylvania last year, Gülen, a Turkish Muslim preacher who was accused of plotting a coup against President Recep Tayyip in 2016, was wanted as a terrorist leader in Turkey and Pakistan. 'The price for the fortune grown on the back of workers' labor was first the worker's severance, then his life,' said Birtek-Sen representative Halime Sancak. 'This is Calik's system. This system grows on the sweat, time, future, rights, blood and lives of workers. We will hold Calik, which grew with Erol Eğrek's labor, rights and life, and who killed Erol Eğrek, to account. We will fight, we will organize. We will bring down this deadly system on the heads of those who take away our bread, our future, our lives.' Calik Denim said it maintains an 'unwavering' commitment to human rights, the rule of law and transparency. Six of its security guards have been detained by the police for questioning, though two of them have since been released on probation. 'Regardless of the use of a firearm, the protection of human life is a fundamental value,' it said. 'We support a full and impartial judicial review of every moment of the security intervention. It is our shared responsibility to ensure that every aspect of this tragic incident is addressed with justice and in a manner that upholds human dignity.'
