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| Five killed, 20 hurt in Swat attacks |
| 2008-08-18 |
| Five people, including a woman and a police constable, were killed and 20 others injured as violence continued in parts of the troubled Swat valley on Sunday. Sources said six cattle heads also perished and a number of houses were destroyed in artillery shelling and firing while miscreants torched a girls' middle school, a boys' primary school, a health centre and a barber shop in different localities of the valley. The security forces continued shelling suspected militants' locations in different areas. A woman was killed and five other members of a family sustained severe injuries when a shell hit the house of Wazirzada in Dagai area of Kabal Tehsil. Another shell landed on the house of one Mian Gul, killing a 15-year-old youth and injuring four others in Hazara area of Kabal. In another incident, two persons identified as Sher Bahadur and Muhammad Rahim were killed and five wounded when the security forces shelled the area after unknown armed men opened fire on them at Manglawar. A police constable, Fazal Murad Khan, was killed when armed men attacked the Wenai check-post in Matta Tehsil. Soon after the incident, gunship helicopters bombed militants' hideouts in upper areas of Kabal and Matta Tehsils. Miscreants set ablaze a health centre in Gulibagh area of Charbagh Tehsil, reducing the furniture and medicines to ashes. They also torched a barber shop run by Usman Ali in the same area. Likewise, a girls' middle school in Sambat area of Matta and a boys' primary school in Qambar near Mingora city were set on fire by the miscreants. All the furniture and record of both the schools were destroyed. A bomb planted by unknown miscreants at a police post building in Dew near Landaki, exploded, damaging it completely. However, no casualty was reported as personnel of the law-enforcement agencies had already abandoned the building. APP adds: The curfew in Swat district will be relaxed from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm on Monday morning. |
| Posted by:Fred |