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| 3 killed, 16 injured in Swat gun-and-bomb attack |
| 2010-05-02 |
| MINGORA: Three civilians were killed and 16 people, including seven security personnel, were injured in a suicide blast and a simultaneous clash between security forces and the Taliban at a commercial plaza in Mingora city of Swat, security officials said on Saturday. Operation Rah-e-Rast in-charge Maj Gen Ashfaq Nadeem told Daily Times four Taliban had also been killed. He said one of the Taliban blew himself up, while the remaining three were killed during a gunfight with security forces. He said seven security forces personnel had also been injured. Malakand Deputy Inspector General Qazi Jamilur Rehman confirmed that three civilians were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a commercial plaza. Bomb disposal squad officials said 15 kilogrammes of explosives had been used in the blast. However, according to locals, security forces first surrounded five suicide bombers at the city's Green Chowk. They said one bomber blew himself up in the plaza, a second was killed by the forces, while a third managed to flee. They said the security forces arrested the remaining two suicide bombers and shifted them to an unidentified location. Swat District Police Officer Qazi Ghulam Farooq confirmed the killings and the arrests. Security officials said the forces also arrested three suspected people from Essakhel and Fatahkhel villages during a search operation following the blast. Locals said the suicide bomber, who blew himself up, was identified as Abdullah and his accomplices as Anees, Hazrat Ali and Sher Alam. |
| Posted by:Steve White |