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| Five dead in Mohmand clash |
| 2010-04-08 |
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] Three volunteers were killed when militants opened fire on them near a checkpoint of the Baizai Amn Committee in the far-off Manzari Cheena village of Mohmand Agency early on Sunday, sources said. The sources said a group of volunteers were on their way to the checkpoint in Manzari Cheena when the militants attacked them, killing three of them. Two of the slain volunteers were identified as Abdullah and Suhrab. The sources said two militants were also killed and three others injured in the exchange of fire. The bodies of the volunteers were sent to their native towns in Dir district. Meanwhile, militants blew up another government school in the Bakhmal area of the Baizai subdivision. The sources said the militants had planted explosives in the building of the Government Boys' Primary School, Bakhmal, and triggered the blasts. The structure was completely destroyed in the explosions. The locals and the forces launched a drive against the militants in Mohmand Agency soon after the first suicide attack was carried out on a security checkpoint in Nahqi area. Three persons, including two security personnel, had been killed in the attack.Though several areas have been purged of the militants, the locals and forces still face clandestine attacks by the militants in the region. |
| Posted by:Fred |