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| Five soldiers die in SWA blast |
| 2009-09-09 |
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] Five soldiers were killed and four others sustained injuries when a roadside remote-controlled bomb planted by militants went off in the Zariban Kot area in Tiarza Tehsil of South Waziristan Agency on Monday. Tribal sources told The News that a convoy of security forces was on way to Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan, from Tiarza Tehsil. They said as the convoy was passing through the Zariban Kot area, one of its vehicles hit by a remote-controlled device, killing five Army soldiers on the spot and injuring four others critically. The injured were rushed to the FC Hospital in Wana from where they were airlifted through helicopters to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar because of their precarious condition. The sources added that the vehicle was completely destroyed in the blast. Soon after the incident, the forces raided a house near the site and arrested four suspected persons. However, their identity could not be established. Zariban Kot is located in the boundary area between Shakai and Tiarza Tehsils, where the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) slain chief Baitullah Mehsud used to stay. |
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