LADAH: A truck carrying bombs, rockets, missiles and other weapons exploded in Ladah sub-division of South Waziristan on Saturday, killing the driver and his assistant. A local official told Daily Times that the truck was passing the Chutkhail area of Ladah when it suddenly exploded. â We do not know the cause of the explosion, but we are investigating,â the official said.The bodies of the driver and his assistant were mutilated. A local resident said the explosion took place near a base of militants, which was destroyed during a military operation last year. âWe interviewed local residents and they said the weapons were covered with husk and preliminary investigation says the truck was fired resulting in a fire, which caught the truck,â the official said. It was not yet known where the weapons were coming from and what the destination was, the official said, he added. Residents said the blast was so powerful that rockets and missiles kept flying in the air and falling in nearby fields for hours. âThank God, they did not hit any homes and no civilians were hurt,â he said.
| Damned good reporting. Except that they forgot to say whether it was an army truck or Mahmoud's Explosives Transport Company or a couple of shifty-eyed guyz with turbans secretly transporting bombs, missiles, rockets, and assorted other delicacies of the season from Miranshah to Tank... |