Security | Mian Hakim Shah, an area resident, found the jeep laden with 700 kilograms of explosives in his garage and reported the matter to the police. |
forces blew up an explosives-laden jeep at Venai Chuprial in Matta tehsil of Swat district on Thursday, causing damage to two nearby shops but no casualties, sources said. Mian Hakim Shah, an area resident, found the jeep laden with 700 kilograms of explosives in his garage and reported the matter to the police. The bomb disposal squad and Matta police officials rushed to the scene, but they failed to defuse the explosives. The security forces got the area vacated and blew up the jeep full of explosives which damaged two shops close to the house. Hakim had left his house some times ago when the security forces launched an operation against militants in Venai Chuprial. |