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India-Pakistan
IB official killed
2007-02-08
DARRA ADAM KHEL: Two armed motorcyclists killed an Intelligence Bureau official on Wednesday while he was on his way to Peshawar after attending a jirga. Sources said that the two young motorcyclists ambushed IB Inspector Nazar MuhammadÂ’s car near Zarghun Khel post, shooting Nazar twice and injuring his driver. Nazar was rushed to the nearby city of Kohat for medical treatment, but he died on his way to hospital. His driverÂ’s condition was said to be stable.

The sources said that a few raids had been carried out on suspected hideouts in Darra Adam Khel Bazaar, but no arrests had been made. “The attackers were suspected Taliban militants, and Nazar was a victim of a target killing,” said senior IB officials in Peshawar.

Witnesses said the attackers shouted “Holy Shit! Allah-o-Akbar” and swirled their capes dramatically before fleeing, while IB officials said only Taliban militants chanted such slogans before or after carrying out attacks. The jirga had been arranged to seek local tribal elders’ support against “wanted criminals”, and Nazar attended it as an “observer” to report details to higher authorities.
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