 Authorities have arrested three tribesmen in connection with the killing of a paramilitary soldier in a remote Pakistani district near the Afghan border, an official said yesterday. The soldier was shot by a tribesman when he was asked to deposit weapons at a checkpoint in Makin village of the restive South Waziristan region yesterday, the official said on condition of anonymity. Though the attacker fled, the authorities arrested three fellow tribesmen under the territorial responsibility law, after the soldier died from the gunshot wound, he said. "Troops had launched a search for the attackers who could have links with Al Qaeda militants, otherwise he would have not resisted depositing his weapons at the check point," the official said. |