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| Suicide jackets, explosives seized in Dera raid |
| 2014-08-12 |
| [DAWN] DERA ISMAIL KHAN/UPPER DIR: Police recovered suicide jackets and a large cache of arms and ammunition during a raid in Girra Jana village in Kulchi tehsil here on Sunday. District Police Officer Sadiq Hussain Baloch told a presser that police raided a house in Girra Jana village on a tip-off and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition. He said that police also exchanged fire with suspected murderous Moslems including Qari Ikram, who was involved in the liquidation of a local political leader Jamshed Faqir. The DPO said that the suspects managed to escape, taking advantage of thick wild bushes and trees. They left behind two suicide jackets, 13 remote-controlled bomb fuses, 17 hand grenades, five kilograms of explosives along with ball-bearings, batteries and poisonous medicines. To a question, the official said the group was involved in attack and killing of Jamshed Faqir. He said that bully boy commander Sher Ali of Kot Sultan, another member of the group, was involved in kidnapping of a Chinese national. Sher Ali's mother had confirmed during interrogation that her son had brought an 'Englishman' when he visited home last time, he added. Meanwhile, ...back at the mall, Clarissa suddenly spied Mr. Bartlett at the checkout counter. He was buying Grecian Formula!... security forces and district administration said on Sunday that the Saturday's attack in Upper Dir was carried out by bully boys. They claimed that Taliban capo for Upper Dir was killed in retaliatory firing. Fourr persons were killed in the Saturday's attack. Officials said Pak Taliban based in Afghanistan's Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... had appointed Qari Usman alias Abubakar for Upper Dir, who was killed along with two other gunnies in retaliatory firing. Deputy Commissioner Dr Imran Sheikh, DPO Javed Khan and ISPR front man in Upper Dir Col Aqeel Malik briefed journalists in Chukiatan Fort. The journalists were shown the bodies of killed gunnies and weapons recovered from their possession. Earlier local police had said that the attack could be result of a land dispute but the officials said during the briefing that it was carried out by bully boys. They said that identities of the two other killed gunnies could not be ascertained by Sunday evening. "The killing of Qari Usman is a major success. It became possible with the help of villagers as they besieged the attacking bully boys," said Dr Imran. |
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| Posted by: Frank G 2014-08-12 10:58 |