Anti-Taliban tribal elder killed in Mohmand Agency

Militants fired rockets and targeted Majan Khan’s house as revenge for his activities against militants in the area.


Umer Farooq October 21, 2011

PESHAWAR: Three people, including an anti-Taliban tribal elder, were killed when militants attacked a house in Mohmand Agency on Friday.

Sources said militants equipped with rockets launchers and hand grenades attacked the house of Malik Majan Khan in Atam village of Bazai tehsil in Mohmand Agency.

Militants had fired rockets and targeted Majan Khan’s house as revenge for his activities against militants in the area. The tribal elder and two other people were killed, and a woman of the same of house was also injured in the attack.

In another incident, militants blew up a primary school in the vicinity. The school has been destroyed in the attack.

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