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Intelligence Bureau official killed in Charsadda
Unidentified gunmen shot dead an Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer in Charsadda on Friday, police told Daily Times. Inspector Khaliqur Rehman was killed on his way home after Friday prayers. Rehman is the second IB officer killed in Charsadda district and the 9th in Pakistan who has been killed since the countrys joining of the US-led war on terror, Daily Times learnt. Two other officials from the bureaus anti-terrorism wing were killed in Karachi on March 27. Men in a red coloured car sprayed bullets on Khan as he walked along a road, killing him on the spot, police official Muhammad Iftikhar told Reuters. Another official of the same agency was killed in Charsadda a few months ago and militants had claimed responsibility for the attack. The IB is one of three Pakistani intelligence agencies and is controlled by the Interior Ministry. Posted by: Fred 2008-04-12 |
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