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| 2 Uzbek bombers on the prowl, NWFP police on maximum alert |
| 2007-07-08 |
| The Frontier police was put on maximum alert following warnings by security agencies of possible suicide attacks on important government installations, senior officials and politicians, official sources told Daily Times on Saturday. “Two Uzbeks with explosive-laden belts are planning suicide attacks,” the officials quoted security agencies as informing the government. However, the security agencies have not yet been able to identify the bombers’ targets. Security was increased around government offices in general and offices of law enforcement agencies in particular in Peshawar and no private car was allowed to park in parking areas of several government buildings. “The bomber who hit the military convoy in Bannu on Wednesday, killing six soldiers, was Uzbek. The attack on another army convoy in Dir district on Friday in which four soldiers including a major and a lieutenant were killed was conducted by a timed device,” the official said, asking not to be named. The warning comes following NWFP Governor Ali Jan Orakzai’s demand from the tribesmen to identify Wednesday’s bomber. “Under the law and tribal tradition, the tribal people are under obligation to maintain law and order in the area,” the governor told a jirga of clerics and elders from Bannu at Governor’s House. According to a communiqué, the governor expressed anger at the attack on the military convoy in Bannu. He asked the jirga members not to shelter foreigners. “Law and order is deteriorating in North Waziristan and the Utmanzai elders have to critically review the ongoing situation and find a solution,” he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |