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| Militants fire rockets at police station in Swabi |
| 2008-05-18 |
| Militants launched a rocket attack on Zaida Police Station on Saturday, but no casualties have been reported, police said. Police officials said that a rocket landed inside the police station at 1.30am, damaging the wall of a room where SHO Manawar Khan was sleeping. Although Khan survived the attack the incident created panic among the police as this was the first attack of its kind in the area. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack but police sources said they suspected local Tehreek-e-Taliban were behind the incident. The incident resulted in the suspension of the power supply to the police station and the surrounding areas for several hours, as the rocket damaged the main power line. Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) spent seven hours repairing it. District Police Officer Muhammad Rafiq along with other officials rushed to the Zaida Police Station following the attack. Former NWFP education minister Maulana Fazal Ali also visited the scene. The district council condemned the rocket-firing incident through an adopted resolution. All vowed to counter the militants operations and declared that they would extend all kind of co-operation to the police in this regard. Police officials said that they were ready to meet such challenges. Militants had earlier blown up CD shops in the area and bombs have been planted in various buildings including the Chota Lahor Police Station although these were subsequently defused. |
| Posted by:Fred |