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| Wana Press Club building blown up |
| 2009-02-20 |
| Rubbing salt into the wounds of the journalist community, unidentified armed men on Wednesday blew up the newly-constructed building of the Wana Press Club in South Waziristan Agency. The unfortunate incident happened the same day a correspondent of The News and Geo News Musa Khankhel was gunned down in Matta Tehsil of the militancy-stricken Swat Valley after he was kidnapped from the peace rally of TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad. Official and tribal sources told The News from Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan, by telephone that around 12 armed masked men forced their entry into the press club building and forced eight personnel of paramilitary Khasadar Force to surrender. The Khasadars, who were armed and deployed there to protect the press club building, were given 15 minutes by the armed assailants to leave the premises. According to Khasadar personnel, eight of the armed men entered the press club while four stood outside the two storeyed-building. They said the armed men were carrying two bags of explosives, which they later planted in various parts of the press club building. Within no time, they said, the press club building was razed to the ground with three heavy explosions. |
| Posted by:Fred |