Sufi Muhammad, leader of the TNSM, on Monday survived a remote-controlled bombing initiated by local Taliban in NWFP. Police official Abdur Rehman said that four policemen were injured in the blast but Sufi Muhammad escaped unscathed. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility with spokesman Maulvi Umar saying that the incident was in retaliation to the killing of local Taliban in Tank and Bajaur. He said the attack had not targeted Sufi Muhammad.
| "Otherwise," he said, combing his fingers through his beard in a sinister manner, "he'd be dead!" |
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