Seven people were killed and three others injured when a passenger
van
was
blown
up
in
a
roadside
bomb
blast
at
Shah
Kas
area
in
Jamrud
tehsil
(revenue
unit)
of
Khyber
Agency
in
Federally
Administered
Tribal
Areas
(FATA)
on
April
4,
reports
Dawn.
Official
sources
said
a
remote-controlled
device
placed
along
a
road
at
Shah
Kas
locality
was
detonated
at
around
8.30am.
It
appeared
that
the
target
was
the
passenger
van
going
to
Jamrud
bazaar
from
Qadam,
sources
added.
“Six
passengers,
including
oil
dealer
Haji
Gulab,
were
killed
on
the
spot
while
a
critically
injured
person
died
in
hospital,”
Asmat
Ullah
Wazir,
the
tehsildar
(revenue
official)
of
Jamrud
said.
He
said
that
Haji
Gulab
was
previously
involved
in
the
business
of
fuel
supplies
for
NATO
forces
in
Afghanistan
and
had
received
threats
recently. |
