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| Militants torch 12 Nato supply containers in Peshawar |
| 2009-03-29 |
| Suspected militants attacked a containers terminal lodging supplies for Nato forces operating in Afghanistan, damaging at least 12 containers in the wee hours of Saturday, police said. The attack was made on the day the police recovered 120 kg explosives from a house in Mathra that are believed to be used in suicide attacks. The militants attacked Farhad Container Terminal on Ring Road in the jurisdiction of Pishtakhara police station around 3:00 am, which spread panic among the local population. It is learnt that the attackers after breaking into the terminal sprinkled petrol on the parked vehicles and containers and then set it on fire. They also torched office of the terminal management. A police official said 12 vehicles and containers were set on fire that was extinguished after hours of hectic efforts. Another official said that two cranes and trucks and a few containers were either destroyed or partially damaged in the attack. The attack was the first of its kind in which a part of the building was also set ablaze. Around 450 containers and vehicles have been torched in over a dozen attacks on container terminals in the city since December last, but adequate security measures are yet to be taken to protect valuable military supplies of Nato forces deployed in Afghanistan. It is also still a question mark as to why the police have so far failed in busting any of the gangs involved in such attacks. "We have arrested some suspects, who are being interrogated regarding attacks on Nato terminals," SSP (Investigation) Ghulam Muhammad told newsmen. He disclosed that police have also foiled a major sabotage bid by recovering an explosives and arms cache in Mathra. The official added that police while acting on a tip-off recovered 120 kg explosives during a raid on the house of Noor Muhammad in Shagai Hindkyan area in the jurisdiction Mathra police station. An official said the explosives were stored in the house for a major terrorist attack. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 every convoy should have one container bomb with cams in it. When the cams observe the mooks up to something - the container with thousands of pounds of High Explosive in it should just commit suicide. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-03-29 00:48 |