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| Clashes claim three lives in Hangu |
| 2009-09-21 |
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] Three persons were killed and several others sustained injuries after clashes erupted between two groups in Pat Bazaar here on Sunday. The sources said the clashes broke out after owners and renters of some shops traded fire after differences developed over destruction of three shops in an explosion in Pat Bazaar late Saturday night. They added that initially a scuffle took place between two groups, but later both the parties resorted to heavy firing at each other. As a result, three persons were killed and several others sustained injuries. Identity of the dead and injured could not be ascertained. Police sources said that a number of wounded persons were lying in different parts of Pat Bazaar, but there was no one to shift them to hospital as the administration had clamped curfew in the whole Hangu city following the sectarian clashes. They said that armed supporters of the two rival sects came out of their houses in large number and took positions in various localities of the city. The district coordination officer (DCO) imposed curfew and called in the Frontier Corps, the Elite Police Force and police contingents to tackle the situation. All routes leading to Hangu were closed and personnel of law enforcing agencies started patrolling the streets and bazaars in the city. Meanwhile, the DCO convened a meeting of the Hangu Peace Jirga to discuss the matter. |
| Posted by:Fred |