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Chief of Frontier Constabulary rubbed out in suicide attack
[Dawn] A boomer attacked a vehicle carrying the Chief of Pakistain's Frontier Constabulary in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar on Wednesday, killing him and two others. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistain took credit for the attack.Rescue workers frantically tried to extinguish fires that engulfed several cars in the minutes after the attack near a major market in the scenic city. Sifwat Ghayur, the head of the Frontier Constabulary, was killed in the attack along with his driver and bodyguard, said Abdul Rahman Khan, a local police officer. The explosion also injured 14 other people, he said. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistain took credit for the killing and threatened more such assassinations. "We killed him, he was our target... all such officers who are active against us will suffer the same fate," Azam Tariq, a front man for Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistain, told AFP by telephone. "He was conducting different operations against us...one of our fidayee (suicide kaboomers) has done this job," he added. It was unclear whether the boomer attacked on foot or was in a vehicle, said Khan. The attack comes as the northwest, which has been plagued by violence at the hands of the Pak Taliban, is trying to get back on its feet after heavy monsoon rains a week ago triggered devastating floods that have killed 1,500 people. Posted by: Fred 2010-08-05 |
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