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| Five 'militants' held in Swat raids |
| 2008-03-08 |
| Violence and the threat of violence spread terror across Swat valley on Friday as militants attacked a police van, a bomb hoax cleared out the district courts, a hand grenade was lobbed into a house, and police arrested five suspected militants in separate raids. Militants attacked a Kanju police van with a remote-controlled bomb in the Koza Bandi area of Kabal tehsil, injuring a policeman and damaging the van. Police fired shots in the air and closed off the Mingora-Matta road for half an hour after the incident took place. Kanju Police also raided the Kabal area and arrested three suspected militants and seized rocket launchers and other weapons from their possession. Separately, police arrested two suspected militants in raids in the Bodigram area of Matta tehsil, police sources said. Suspected militants Humayun and Misbahuddin were arrested and shifted to an unknown place for interrogation, the police officials added. Meanwhile, a bomb hoax created panic in the district courts here. After a tip off was received by telephone, all the offices were vacated and the bomb disposal squad combed the area, but they found no bomb. In another incident, unidentified miscreants lobbed a hand-grenade into the house of Siraj Ahmed in the Shah Dheri area, which did not explode. The police registered reports against the unknown assailants. They said Ahmed had received anonymous threatening letters a few days prior to the bungled attack. The administration imposed an 8am to 8pm curfew in the district. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Five ' |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-03-08 18:54 |