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Blast injures two policemen in Lower Dir
[Dawn] Two coppers were maimed when their vehicle was targeted by a roadside remote controlled bomb in Shagai Maidan area here on Tuesday.

Sources said that officials of Zaimdara cop shoppe were on routine patrol when their van was hit by a remote controlled bomb planted on the roadside. They said that two police officials, sitting in the front seat of the van, were maimed in the blast while others remained unhurt.

The injured coppers were identified as assistant sub-inspector Mehtab Khan and constable Iftikhar Khan. The van was damaged partially in the blast as the bomb went off a while before the vehicle reached the spot.

The injured coppers were shifted to district headquarters hospital where their condition was stated to be out of danger. The Zaimdara cop shoppe started the paperwork but haven't done much else against unidentified persons and started investigation.

In Charsadda, the wife of a former councillor sustained injuries in a kaboom in Shabqadar area on Tuesday.

Sources said that unidentified persons planted an improvised bomb near the main gate of the residence of former councillor Seth Khialzada that went off with a big bang early on Tuesday morning. The wife of Mr Khialzada received injuries in the blast. She was shifted to a hospital at death's door.

The blast also destroyed the main gate and boundary wall of the house. Nobody grabbed credit for the blast. Police started the paperwork but haven't done much else against unidentified persons and started investigation. --
Posted by: Fred 2012-09-20
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