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| Bilour survives attempt on life |
| 2009-03-12 |
| NWFP Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour survived an attempt on his life on Wednesday, but five other people including two women were killed when two attackers blew themselves up after firing at Bilour, police said. Bilour, the Awami National Party (ANP) parliamentary leader in the NWFP Assembly, was travelling home after the inauguration ceremony of a road located in the Sarki Gate area of his constituency when the two attackers fired at his motorcade. A passer by and a child were killed in the ensuing gunfight. The attackers fled and barged into a nearby house for shelter. They threw a grenade on women inside the house, killing two of them and a boy. The attackers then blew themselves up. Bilour told reporters one of the attackers shouted 'Allah-o-Akbar' (God is great) as he fired at him. The minister said that the attacker tried to blow up his explosives-laden jacket near his car but it did not explode. Bilour said the attempt to kill him was a conspiracy to destabilise the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Bilour said the attempt to kill him was a conspiracy to destabilise the country. Tell em to get in line... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-03-12 11:25 |