A suspected al Qaeda militant was killed in an explosion which also wounded three paramilitary troops at a checkpost in Pakistan’s tribal west Thursday. One of the injured militiamen told reporters in hospital that suspected militants traveling in a vehicle were stopped at a paramilitary checkpost in the North Waziristan tribal agency. Two men came out of the vehicle and one threw a grenade at the militiamen, warning them not to approach. When one of the soldiers tried to move forward, there was another explosion that immediately killed one of the suspects and seriously wounded the three militiamen. The wounded militiaman said it looked as if the suspect had set off another grenade. Local officials said the vehicle sped away with a third man at the wheel but the suspect’s companion was arrested. He said the suspects were thought to be members of al Qaeda. Their vehicle had been coming from the direction of Wana, capital of South Waziristan agency, where the military has been hunting foreign militants and al Qaeda suspects since March.
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