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| Blast destroys faith healer's shop |
| 2009-01-19 |
| A bomb explosion outside the shop of a faith healer on the Circular Road in Peshawar destroyed at least three shops, police officials and eyewitnesses said on Sunday. No casualties were reported in the blast, which occurred in Kotwali police station precincts. The bomb was planted outside the shop of Niaz Ali Shah, a faith healer, City Circle Superintendent of Police Chaudary Ashraf told Daily Times. He said the bomb was placed in a canister and also damaged a rickshaw parked nearby, adding he had no information about any threats issued to the faith healer so far. Eyewitnesses told Daily Times that the powerful blast was heard from a long distance away. It was the second incident in Peshawar in two days in which faith healers have been the targets. On Saturday, the beheaded body of a faith healer, Pir Rafiullah, was recovered from Peshawar's Mattani area. The healer had been killed after he denounced several warnings against his practices. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 A small building along the highway provides easy excape when the revenooers, local constabulary, or ripped-off-and-angry locals come a callin'... |
| Posted by: Harcourt Glusock2626 2009-01-19 22:24 |
| #9 Yer talkin' about Home there RJ. Back in the late 50's early 60's there were lots of small buildings on the highway between Prattville and Tuscaloosa that offered Palm Reading. I'm not sure why that was such a choice spot. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-01-19 20:22 |
| #8 Som years back the Autauga Sherrif raided som 19 "Palm readers/ Faith healers/fortune tellers in a single day, he said he wasn't impressed, if they were real, they'd have known he was coming. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-01-19 17:51 |
| #7 Faith healing just ain't what it used to be. |
| Posted by: Snusomble Jones2789 2009-01-19 15:33 |
| #6 Taliban dilemma: does your girl or goat have the most attractive beard? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-01-19 14:07 |
| #5 Bigjim - impotence is caused by having sex with goats and camels. Pass it on. (If anyone from the NWFP or FATA actually read this, it would start the biggest commotion to ever hit Pakistan. You just DON'T make fun of a guy's favorite |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-01-19 13:51 |
| #4 I could have told the guy that a faith healer cant cure impotence. But alas, nobody listens to me. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2009-01-19 10:50 |
| #3 Guess he didn't get his groveling ad into the the Peshawar Bugle on time. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-19 10:09 |
| #2 bad couple of days for faith healers |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-01-19 09:56 |
| #1 Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch? |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-01-19 02:51 |