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| Three security men killed in Peshawar blast |
| 2016-11-24 |
| [DAWN] Three officials of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) were killed and seven others, including a policeman and a passerby, injured when a bomb hit a vehicle carrying personnel of the paramilitary force in a suburb of the city on Tuesday. Medics at the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) confirmed that 10 victims of the blast were brought to the hospital. Three of them had died before reaching the hospital and seven injured were admitted to it. The incident took place in the Bashirabad area, about 5km from here. An official at the Faqirabad cop shoppe told Dawn that the blast, caused by an improvised bomb, occurred at around 10am and targeted a police truck transporting FC personnel to the Police Lines. The FC personnel had been deputed with police as part of extra security measures in the city on the occasion of Chehlum of Imam Hussain, Senior Superintendent of Police (operations) Sajjad Khan said. The FC personnel were being shifted from the Faqirabad cop shoppe when the blast hit the truck they were travelling in. "It was an isolated vehicle and not part of a convoy," SSP Khan said. Apparently, the FC personnel were the target of the attack. He said that an IED weighing about a kilogramme had been used in the assault. In a statement emailed to media organizations, Jamaatul Ahrar ...A Pak Taliban splintergroup that split off from the Mullah Fazlullah faction because it wasn't violent enough... spokesperson Ihsanullah Ihsan grabbed credit for the attack on behalf of the banned krazed killer outfit. The statement said that a remote controlled device was used in the blast. The slain soldiers were identified as Hanif Jamal, Khalid and Yasirullah, all residents of Malakand. Their funeral prayers were offered at the FC headquarters in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. after which their bodies were sent to their villages. The Counter-Terrorism Department has registered an FIR and started investigation. Awami National Party founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986. Part of the PPP-led cabinet 2008-13. The ANP is considered left wing, advocating for secularism, democratic socialism, public sector government, and economic egalitarianism.... chief Asfandyar Wali Khan and the Pakistain Moslem League-N’s big shot Amir Muqam, in separate statements, have condemned the attack. The ANP leader said that forces of Evil were repeatedly targeting law enforcement agencies but "rulers are refusing to budge". He said that the countries of the region had to cooperate with each other to overcome terrorism. Mr Muqam said that a handful of forces of Evil were engaged in such activities and they would also be taken to the task. |
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