 LADHA: Assailants ambushed a pickup truck along a road in South Waziristan Agency on Thursday, killing four people, an official said. No one claimed responsibility and there was no known motive for the attack in the agency, an intelligence official in the region said on condition of anonymity. He said attackers fired assault rifles at the pickup while it was travelling from the market town of Sararogha to the nearby village of Jalalkhel Sherana. All the four victims were area residents, he said. It was not known whether there were any other people in the vehicle, which was being used as a taxi. Authorities have blamed past attacks in the area on Islamic militants targeting security forces and pro-government tribal elders. |