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Pro-government tribal elder whacked in Wazoo
 Masked gunmen shot dead a pro-government tribal elder and wounded two people in Pakistans trouble-plagued South Waziristan region on the Afghan border, government officials said yesterday. Five gunmen ambushed Mehr Dil Khan as he was travelling in a van to Wana, the main town in South Waziristan, killing him and wounding two other passengers on Monday.It was a targetted killing as he was a government supporter and a member of the regions council, said a government official in Wana, who declined to be identified. Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-05-31 |
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