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Suicide bomber among three shot dead in Dir
[Dawn] The security forces claimed to have killed three forces of Evil during an operation late on Monday night in Mula Banda area of Munda tehsil in Lower Dir.The operation was conducted jointly by police and Frontier Corps after getting information about the presence of forces of Evil in the area, they said. The forces of Evil were planting an improvised bomb (IED) when security forces reached there. All the three beturbanned goons, including a would-be jacket wallah, were killed after a shootout that lasted for more than an hour, they said. Security forces also recovered a remote controlled bomb, three hand grenades, three pistols, a detonator and electric wires from their possession. The bodies were later shifted to the district headquarters hospital. Their identity could not be established till filing of this report. Interestingly, neither Munda nor Mayar police have started the paperwork but haven't done much else about the incident. Officials of both the cop shoppes, when contacted, said that personnel of Frontier Corps had taken away the dead bodies and their belongings. "We have not been asked so far to register a case," they said. The residents of Mula Banda village, situated on Dir-Bajaur border in the limits of Munda cop shoppe said that they heard gunshots at 3am on Monday night. Posted by: Fred 2011-05-12 |
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