Ongoing conflict: Three suspects killed, two FC officials injured

After receiving intelligence reports, an operation was carried out around midnight in Khujal Khel says an official.


Our Correspondents April 29, 2014
Two FC officials were injured and in retaliation three attackers were killed. PHOTO: FILE

LANDIKOTAL/HANGU:


Three suspected militants were killed and two Frontier Corps (FC) officials injured in an exchange of fire in Landikotal, Khyber Agency while six people were injured in a bomb blast in Hangu on Tuesday.


A security forces official said after receiving intelligence reports, an operation was carried out around midnight in Khujal Khel when security forces came under fire. Two FC officials were injured and in retaliation three attackers were killed.


A huge cache of explosives was recovered from the militants’ hideout. According to the official, the deceased were wanted for the attack in April on the Landikotal cantonment.


Meanwhile, at least six people were injured when an improvised explosive device exploded in Doaba, Hangu in the afternoon.


Thall DSP Ashraf Khan said a high-intensity bomb was spotted by a pedestrian in Sarozi after which police rushed to the site, cordoning it off. However, BDU had not reached when the device exploded and injured pedestrians.


The police rushed the injured to a hospital and filed a case against unidentified militants.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 30th, 2014.

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