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19 killed in Lakki Marwat suicide attack
[Pak Daily Times]  A boomer rammed his car bomb into the Lakki city cop shoppe in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly NWFP, aka Terrorism Central on Monday, killing 19 people, including nine coppers and three students, senior officials and police said. "The minion of Evil rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the rear wall of the cop shoppe at 7am, which was reportedly housing an estimated 40 to 50 coppers at the time, resulting in killing 19 people and maiming 34 others," Lakki Marwat District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ayaz Mandokhel told Daily Times. The DCO said the attacker chose the rear wall of the police station as the target because the front and sidewalls were heavily guarded and two trenches had been dug on either sides of the post to save it from a possible terrorist attack. Mandokhel said that recently, security forces had killed a Taliban commander in the area and the Taliban had issued a warning to the local police that they would soon take Dire Revenge™ for the death of their companion. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistain grabbed credit for the attack and warned the government not to use lashkars to fight the group. "After the police, we will attack those active in forming anti-Taliban lashkars if they have not given up their activities," TTP front man Ahsanullah Ahsan told AP. Posted by: Fred 2010-09-07 |
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