According to reports, the improvised bomb (IED) blasts targeted a mourners' procession and a security forces convoy in areas of Lower Orakzai and Khyber agencies.
Eight rockets fired from an unknown location also hit Kalaya and other parts of Orakzai Agency
... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers...
, however, no loss of life and property was reported.
The officials of political administration said that the mourners' procession was passing through its traditional routes towards its central imambargah in Kalaya at 12.30 noon, when the bomb went
kaboom!at Mirazai area. The injured were immediately shifted to a hospital.
Separately, an IED targeting a convoy of the Khasadar Force killed two security personnel and a member of Amn Lashkar in Khyber Agency
. According to sources, the kaboom was planted along the road in Zakhakhel Bazaar, Landi Kotal.Following the incidents, security forces have cordoned off the area and started a search operation in nearby bazaars and residential areas.
On other hand 10 suspected bully boyz have been jugged
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
during a search operation by security forces in Jamrud Tehsil.
However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
in Hangu District which was declared as most sensitive during the month of Muharram, all the processions ended up in a peaceful manner and no untoward incident took place. Heavy contingents of police, Frontier Corps and paramilitary forces were deployed to deal with any situation. All educational institutions, markets and offices were reopened on Muharram 11.