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| Hangu bomb explosion kills minor |
| 2011-04-24 |
| [Pak Daily Times] An eight-year-old minor was killed and another was injured when a remote-controlled bomb went off in the guesthouse of a former head of a peace committee in Shahoowam area of Hangu district. ... Hangu is famous for its greenery, hills, beauty and water. Most of the people of this area are Bangash & Orakzai Pashtuns. Part of the Bangash are Shia. The Orakzai and the Sunni Bangash are determined to kill them... The kaboom severely damaged the guesthouse building. According to Station House Officer (SHO), Islam Din, unidentified hard boyz had planted a remote-controlled bomb in the guesthouse of Hafiz Sakhiur Rehman in Shahoowam, Hangu district. As a result of the kaboom, an eight-year-old boy, Imran, was struck down in his prime, while 30-year-old Ayaz was critically injured. The dear departed and the injured were shifted to the Hangu District Headquarters Hospital. Rehman was a terrorist commander, who surrendered and said that he would support the security forces. He fought against hard boyz along with the security forces and was made head of a peace committee. |
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