[Dawn] The district president of Awami National Party was killed and his four companions were maimed when an improvised bomb went off near his vehicle at Bandai village of Maidan tehsil in Dir Lower on Tuesday.Also, a pro-government tribal elder was killed and his three relatives were maimed when forces of Evil attacked his house in Mamond area of Bajaur tribal region on Tuesday.
Sources said that ANP leader Sher Khan, who was also chairman of district Zakat committee, was targeted by the bomb when he was going to Timergara in his official vehicle along with his two friends and as many police guards.
Sher Khan and all of his four companions were maimed in the blast. They were taken to a local hospital where Sher Khan pegged out. The other injured were shifted to district headquarters hospital in Timergara, where doctors said that they were in stable, pH balanced condition.
The injured were identified as coppers Nisar and Shahid and the two other companions of the ANP leader Matiullah and Saeedur Rehman.
The security forces and police cordoned off the area and started search operation soon after the blast.
District Police Officer Saleem Marwat told journalists that they had taken into custody
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
40 suspected people in Maidan, including the chief of a seminary and his aide. The seminary chief is stated to have affiliation with Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl.
Mr Marwat said that 10 kilograms of explosives were used in the blast. The device was a remote controlled bomb, he added.
According to sources the dear departed was staunch opponent of Taliban and he was facing life threat therefore government had deputed two coppers for his security. Both the coppers were maimed with him in the blast.
Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, Jack stuck the cigar in his mouth, stepped onto the gantry, and asked
Got a light, Mac?
Von Schtinken stopped short, lowering the dagger and trying to control his features.
If you light that thing, Herr Armschtröng,he pointed out, his voice tense,
we all die!...
a pro-government tribal elder and member of a peace committee was killed and three of his relatives were maimed when forces of Evil attacked his house in Mamond area of Bajaur tribal region.
According to officials and local residents, forces of Evil attacked the house of Mlaka Gul Noor early in the morning in Landi Shah area of Damadola with heavy weapons.
They scaled the walls of the fort-like house of the pro-government tribal elder with ladders and opened indiscriminate firing on the sleeping inmates. As a result 48-year-old Malak Gul Noor was killed on the spot while three others including his wife and son sustained wounds.
The injured were taken to agency headquarter hospital Khar at death's door.
Malak Gul Noor had supported government against forces of Evil in the region. He also played leading role in formation of peace committee and flushing out forces of Evil from the region.
The political administration soon after the incident started search operation and placed in durance vile 10 suspected persons. The placed in durance vile suspects were shifted to Khar jail for interrogation.