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| Clash with Adezai Lashkar: Would-be bomber, handlers killed |
| 2011-08-13 |
| [Dawn] A would-be jacket wallah and two of his handlers were killed and a jihad boy commander was injured in a clash with Adezai Qaumi Lashkar and police in a suburban area of a provincial metropolis on Thursday morning. It was a successful operation against jihad boys, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Sajjad Khan. He said that volunteers of lashkar and police potted two jihad boys, one of them a would-be suicide bomber, during a joint action. Two faceless myrmidons were killed on the spot and two others injured in the clash but one of the injured died in the nearby semi-tribal region after fleeing the area, said Dilawar Khan, the head of Adezai Qaumi Lashkar. "However, there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... the most wanted jihad boy commander Jangrez managed to escape in injured condition," he said. He added that they received information that he reached Pakho Parezi area of FR Beautiful Downtown Peshawar. "He is at death's door due to intense bleeding," he claimed. The deputy head of the lashkar, Fazal Malik, said that following information about entry of jihad boy commander Jangrez in the area, their volunteers were deployed at different points and link roads to check movement of terrorists. "Two motorcars of gun-hung tough guys entered the area. One of them crossed the area and the second one was stopped but faceless myrmidons opened firing on us," he said and added that two faceless myrmidons were killed and two others including the commander were maimed in their retaliatory firing. He said that blood stains showed that the maimed terrorist came out of the motorcar through front window and beat feet. "We cordoned off the entire area but he entered maize crop and then decamped towards the Pakho Parezi area of Frontier Region of Peshawar," Mr Malik said. The vehicles, he said, entered the area from Akakhel via Matani but security agencies intercepted their phone calls and continuously monitored their movement. The jihad boy while sitting inside the maize field also talked to his accomplices in the tribal region. However, there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... he managed to escape, he added. "We recovered one Kalashnikov and one hand grenade from the motorcar and took the vehicle bearing registration number LRH-1982 into custody," he said. He added that police had brought sniffer dogs to chase the fleeing jihad boy but the dogs avoided following his footprints despite blood stains. Mr Malik said that heavy contingents of police were posted in the area following reports about entry of jihad boys. Similarly, he said, personnel of security forces also arrived to support volunteers and police. He said that a suicide kaboom by a woman in Peshawar further complicated the situation. He said that he barred stranger women from entering his residence. |
| Posted by:Fred |