DTN News - OSAMA BIN LADEN NEWS / PAKISTAN NEWS: Pakistan Casualties Risen Since bin Laden Death ~ ICRC....NSI News Source Info # 2207(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / GENEVA, Switzerland - July 11, 2011: Casualties from violence across Pakistan since the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden in May have soared, with many more maimed and injured people going to humanitarian clinics, the ICRC said on Monday.
Pascal Cuttat, outgoing head of operations in the country for the Swiss-based International Committee of the Red Cross, told reporters another effect of bin Laden's death was an increased suspicion of foreigners, including aid workers.
"Violence has increased considerably since bin Laden was killed, and has spread into urban areas," said Cuttat. "We are seeing increasing numbers coming into our medical and orthopedic centers, more than we have seen for many years.
The al Qaeda leader was shot in May by U.S. Navy Seals who landed by helicopter at his secret compound in Abbotabad, north of Karachi.
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