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Pakistani troops kill militant linked to slaying of 4 women
[DailyTimes.pk] Pak security forces raided a Death Eater hideout in a former Taliban ...Arabic for students... stronghold Tuesday, killing an bad boy allegedly involved in the killing of four women from a vocational school a day earlier, the military said. In a statement, the military identified the slain man as Hassan Khan, who also went by the name Sajna, and said he was a local commander of a splinter group of the Pak Taliban. The statement didn’t specify Khan’s alleged role in the killing of the women. The vocational school instructors were killed Monday when button men opened fire on their vehicle in the village of Epi in Mir Ali, a town in a northwest North Wazoo district. Their driver was maimed. The military said the slain local Taliban commander was also involved in Death Eater activities against security forces and civilians. It provided no further details but authorities had said they launched a search in the region to find the murderous Moslems who killed the women. The four slain women were from a private vocational school, Bravo Institute of Technology. Under an agreement with the Sabawon Pakistain charity, the school had planned to train 140 residents for skilled occupations that would allow them to open their own businesses. The attack drew condemnation from rights activists on social media, with most demanding swift action against those responsible. Related: Mir Ali: 2021-02-18 Security Forces Gun Down 3 Terrorists in an Encounter in North Waziristan: ISPR Mir Ali: 2020-10-04 Security forces kill three terrorists in North Waziristan Mir Ali: 2020-09-08 Security forces kill five terrorists including Wasim Zakaria in North Waziristan Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-25 |
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