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| Militant attack on Pak police checkpost kills 17 |
| 2011-05-19 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] More than 70 bully boyz armed with rockets and mortars attacked a security post on the outskirts of Pakistain's northwestern city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar yesterday, the latest in an upsurge of violence since the late Osama bin Laden ... who doesn't live anywhere anymore... was killed in the country this month. Two members of the security forces and at least 15 beturbanned goons were killed in a four-hour gunbattle that erupted following two successive attacks on the security post set up to defend Peshawar, the gateway to the troubled northwest region. "They were well-armed. They had heavy weapons, rockets, mortars everything. The fighting lasted for about four and a half hours," Ejaz Khan, a city police officer, said. The attack took place near Khyber, part of Pakistain's lawless tribal belt on the Afghan border, which is regarded as a global hub of cut-thoats, including al-Qaeda and the Pak and Afghan Taliban movements. Two members of the security forces were killed and five maimed, Khan said. At least 15 beturbanned goons were killed. Security forces repulsed the first attack by the bully boyz which was carried out just before midnight, officials said. "Then they carried out a big attack early in the morning. We also called in reinforcements to counter the attack and we did it," a Peshawar security official said. |
| Posted by:Fred |