on Thursday night after a time device fitted in their vehicle went off, an official in Bara administration said.| It was time. Their time. And there was nothing anyone could have done to change it. |
A local source in the outfit, however, didn't confirm the incident. No group grabbed credit for the blast.
Lashkar-i-Islam is at war with the Taliban and Zakhakhel tribal lashkar in Tirah Valley.
SUSPECTED MILITANT HELD: A suspected orc was locked away but another decamped after Dadiwala police exchanged fire with them in Wanda Gulapa village of Lakki Marwat on Friday.
A large cache of arms and ammunition was also seized, police said. They said on patrol, Abbasa checkpoint personnel led by ASI Ayyaz Khan spotted two suspected Islamic fascisti with Kalashnikovs in Wanda Gulapa village and began approaching them.
They said the two fired gunshots at coppers to prevent arrest but one of them, Hashim Khan, was held.
Police said the other suspected orc, however, decamped, adding that raids were being conducted for his arrest.
They said a Kalashnikov, two magazines and 25 bullets were recovered from the locked away suspect. They said a case had been registered against the two.