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India-Pakistan
'Toy' bomb kills man, grandson in Buner
2011-09-29
[Dawn] An elderly man and his eight-year-old grandson were killed when a toy bomb went kaboom! in their house in Johar village here on Tuesday.
If it blows up it's not a "toy."
Police said that a child identified as Nasir Rehman found a toy in the nearby field and brought it to his home. They said that the toy went kaboom! when the child and his grandfather Gul Rashid started playing with it.

Both of them were killed on the spot, police added. They said that investigation was in progress.

Police claimed that they had launched various campaigns to inform people about improvised bombs to save their lives. People were being asked not to touch any unclaimed luggage or toys, they said.

They admitted that several children had been killed by toy bombs.

In Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central, two volunteers of a peace committee were killed and six others sustained injuries when their post was attacked by Islamic fascisti in Mandal area of Salarzai tehsil on late Tuesday night.

The volunteers identified as Noor Azam and Nisar Khan were killed on the spot when Islamic fascisti attacked them with automatic weapons in the area located on the border with Mohmand
... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
Agency

The political tehsildar said that injured Ismail Shah, Shah Zamin, Masoom Khan, Jan Mohammad, Hakimullah and Gulzada were admitted to the Agency Headquarters Hospital. Three of them were later shifted to Peshawar at death's door, he added.

He said that eight volunteers of peace committees had been killed during the last one week by Islamic fascisti in Bajaur Agency.

In Mohmand Agency, two rustics, who had been kidnapped by Islamic fascisti earlier this month, were set free on Monday night.

According to political administration, Islamic fascisti had attacked the house of Atta Khan in Qandhari area of Safi tehsil on Sept 2 and kidnapped his son and another primitive.

Officials said that the two kidnapped persons -- Hameedullah, son of Atta Khan, and Haya Khan, son of Redi Gul -- were released by beturbanned goons. They reached their home last night, they added.
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