Suicide attack: Toll rises to six as official succumbs to injuries
Death termed as great loss; deceased was popular administrator.
File photo of suicide attack that took place in Peshawar on February 18, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS
LANDI KOTAL:
An assistant political agent (APA) in the Landi Kotal subdivision has succumbed to injuries sustained during Monday’s suicide attack on his office.
APA Khalid Mumtaz Kundi, a deputy of Khyber Agency Political Agent Mutahir Zeb, the government’s representative in the semi-autonomous tribal district of Khyber Agency, died in a military hospital in Peshawar on Tuesday.
“They operated on him for several hours overnight but several pieces of shrapnel had entered his body and he died,” said a security official.
Six people have now died as a result of the attack, in which two suicide bombers stormed the Khyber administration’s compound in Peshawar as Zeb chaired a meeting on arrangements for the elections. There has been no claim of responsibility.
According to a security official, Kundi sustained severe injuries in the lower abdomen. He had fainted after the explosion at his office.
Agency Election Officer Haroon Shinwari termed Khalid’s death as a “great loss” for the tribesmen in the agency. Khalid had installed solar power lights in the Landi Kotal Bazaar, constructed the Landi Kotal-Torkham Road, and compensated victims of the terrorist attacks in the subdivision.
Khalid was appointed an APA in early 2012 and also served as an APA in Jamrud for a short period. His funeral prayers will be held in his hometown of Dehraki, approximately 25km west of Tank City, on Wednesday. Khalid leaves behind a widow and three sons.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 20th, 2013.
An assistant political agent (APA) in the Landi Kotal subdivision has succumbed to injuries sustained during Monday’s suicide attack on his office.
APA Khalid Mumtaz Kundi, a deputy of Khyber Agency Political Agent Mutahir Zeb, the government’s representative in the semi-autonomous tribal district of Khyber Agency, died in a military hospital in Peshawar on Tuesday.
“They operated on him for several hours overnight but several pieces of shrapnel had entered his body and he died,” said a security official.
Six people have now died as a result of the attack, in which two suicide bombers stormed the Khyber administration’s compound in Peshawar as Zeb chaired a meeting on arrangements for the elections. There has been no claim of responsibility.
According to a security official, Kundi sustained severe injuries in the lower abdomen. He had fainted after the explosion at his office.
Agency Election Officer Haroon Shinwari termed Khalid’s death as a “great loss” for the tribesmen in the agency. Khalid had installed solar power lights in the Landi Kotal Bazaar, constructed the Landi Kotal-Torkham Road, and compensated victims of the terrorist attacks in the subdivision.
Khalid was appointed an APA in early 2012 and also served as an APA in Jamrud for a short period. His funeral prayers will be held in his hometown of Dehraki, approximately 25km west of Tank City, on Wednesday. Khalid leaves behind a widow and three sons.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 20th, 2013.