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| 6 soldiers killed in Hangu attack |
| 2007-08-21 |
| Six security personnel were killed and 18 others, including a civilian, were wounded on Monday when a suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a checkpoint on Kurram Road in Tal tehsil of Hangu district, officials said. Seven police officials were killed and several injured in a similar attack at the entrance of the Hangu Police Training Centre last month. Hangu District Police Officer (DPO) Ghulam Mohammad Khan said the suicide bomber came in a blue jeep from Miranshah and struck the Militia Mandoori check-post. According to sources, a woman died when security forces opened indiscriminate fire after the incident. There were also reports of cross firing in the district after the blast. After the blast, senior police officials rushed to the scene and blocked the Hangu-Kurram Agency road. Meanwhile, militants fired three missiles at Mir Ali camp on Sunday night. "One of the missiles hit the house of a Frontier Constabulary jawan, injuring a woman," they said. Militants fired rockets at the Gunggat Jaur Khasadar post in the Kuz Hameer Kund area of Safi tehsil, on Sunday night, causing minor injuries to two Khasadars. |
| Posted by:Fred |