A suicide attack targeting Security Forces (SFs) on May 4 (today)
killed at least
20 persons, including
four Policemen,
and injured over
42 others at Khar
Bazaar in Khar town
of Bajaur Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports
The News.
The target of the
attack was Levies
Force. According
to sources, Levies
Force personnel
were conducting
routine checking
at Khar Bazaar when
a suicide bomber
blew himself that
killed eight persons
initially. Later
the toll rose to
20. A senior official
confirmed that it
was a suicide attack
and four Policemen
were killed in the
blast. However,
The Express Tribune
put the number of
Levies personnel
killed at seven.
An official from
the area told The
Express Tribune
that initial reports
suggested that the
target of the bomber
was Subedar Major
Javed and Subedar
Fazl Rabi, who was
also honoured with
the Tamgha-e-Shujaat
(Medal of Bravery)
award.
Meanwhile, five persons, among them three Security Force (SF)
personnel, were
killed in two back-to-back
bomb explosions
in Chamarkand area,
some 25 kilometres
from Khar town on
May 3, reports Dawn.
Sources said that
Anar Gul and his
son Adeel were killed
when they stepped
on a bomb planted
by terrorists in
Chamarkand area.
The second bomb
went off after SF
personnel reached
the incident site
about half an hour
later. Two Frontier
Corps (FC) personnel,
identified as Afsar
Ali and Sobedar
Riaz, and Hawaldar
Ruhul Amin of Levies
Force were killed
and another was
injured in the second
explosion. SFs launched
a search operation
in the area and
detained 12 suspects. |
