 Pro-Taliban militants raided a tribal village on Wednesday to avenge an attack on them by supporters of the slain leader of an alleged criminal network, police said.
| "Revenge! We must have Dire Revenge™!" |
The militants fired three rockets into the village in the tribal town of Darra Adam Khel near Peshawar, a senior local police officer said, adding that they currently had it surrounded.
| "Yer surrounded! Come out withcher hands up!" |
Five villagers were injured when one of the rockets destroyed a house, local police officer Iftikhar Khan said. "The situation is very tense and we have called a meeting of local elders to end the siege," Khan said.
| That calling-a-meeting-of-the-elders stuff hasn't been working real well lately, has it?... I thought not. |
Trouble erupted when pro-Taliban militants killed the leader of an alleged criminal gang hailing from the village on Monday. Ameer Sayed was driving his car when armed men ambushed him on motorcycles.
| "The Cycles of Violence™! I am undone! Aaaaaiiiieeee!" |
Residents said militants had warned Sayed, 45, that he would be killed if he did not stop activities that allegedly included carjacking, drug smuggling and kidnapping for ransom. On Tuesday Sayed's supporters raided a hotel where pro-Taliban militants were staying, killing three of them, a senior administration official said.
[Knock knock!]
"Who is it?"
"Candygram!"
[Unclick!]
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
"Aaaaaiiiieeee! Rosebud!"
"Rosebud! [Rattle!]" |
Dozens of militants brandishing AK-47s and rocket launchers then raided Sayed's village and were blocking all entry and exit points, the official added. |