Suicide blast in Bajaur kills 8, injures 10

[Durrak]

PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber killed eight people and injured ten in a market in the Salarzai area of Bajaur agency.
Express 24/7 correspondent, Iftikhar Firdous reported that the blast took place in Peshat Bazaar. One of the injured, Malik Sardar, said that a 16 to 17 year old boy had approached him and his uncle, Malik Tehsil Khan, and exploded himself. Tehsil Khan, who had formed a lashkar to fight militants in the area, died as a result of the blast.
A hotel and ten shops were destroyed as a result of the blast.
Local sources confirmed that there had been a huge explosion and there might be more casualties.
Emergency has been declared at the local hospitals.
A curfew has been imposed in the area. Security forces have cordoned off the area and a rescue operation is underway.
There has been a tribal backlash against those who have been fighting militancy in the area.
On April 24, at least five people, including the chief of a tribal militia and his three colleagues, were killed in a suicide attack in the Bajaur tribal region.
In December 2010, a burqa-clad suicide bomber had killed 47 people and injured over 100 in an attack on a World Food Programme (WFP) ration distribution point in the Bajaur tribal agency. It was the worst attack in Bajaur Agency since security forces claimed victory against Taliban insurgents in March last year.

 

[Maritimer]

RIP to the dead. This has become a daily affair now, so much so that it no longer is worthy news.

 

[RayBan]

RIP to the dead.
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. yet another intelligence failure.

 

[desioptimist]

RIP to the dead.
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. yet another intelligence failure.

Sad news. It is not intelligence failure, you cant spy on all your people.

 

[Zeeshan360]

Ppl commenting on such threads have decreased drastically .
First there used to be so much ppl commenting .

R.I.P to the dead

 

[LEGENDARY WARRIOR]

RIP to the dead. This is all we can say, I hope one day those in ruling position will have shame!!

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

innalilahe wa inna ilehay rajeoon,

 

[President Camacho]

Blast in Pak kills 8 including two anti-Taliban tribal elders

A powerful explosion ripped through a market in Bajaur tribal region of northwest Pakistan today, killing eight persons, including two anti-Taliban tribal elders, and injuring 12 others.

The nature of the blast, which occurred at the Pashat bazar in the Bajaur region at 10.50 am, could not immediately be ascertained.

Malik Mian Jan and Malik Tahsin Khan, two tribal elders who played a key role in leading an anti-Taliban 'lashkar' or militia, were among those killed by the blast, officials said.

The injured were taken to hospitals in Khar, the main town of the region located 65 km from Pashat.

Officials said three of the wounded were in a serious condition.

The Pashat market was closed following the attack.

Security forces cordoned off the site of the blast and launched a search operation.

The blast targeted Malik Mian Jan's hotel, where he was meeting other tribal elders, witnesses said.

No group claimed responsibility for the blast.

The Taliban have killed dozens of pro-government tribesmen and members of anti-militant militias in the tribal belt over the past few years.

One of the first anti-Taliban militias in Bajaur Agency was formed in Salarzai sub-division, of which Pashat is a part.

Leaders of the anti-Taliban militias had been threatened by the Taliban, local residents said.


^^^ People have even created their own anti-Taliban militias - Where are the alarm bells????

 

[Emmie]

RIP to dead. May God devastate the perpetrators.

 

[Varad]

Sad news. RIP to the dead. Looks like these people are going to cross the number of 2010 attacks by more than 100%.

Bomb blasts in Pakistan 2010
Bomb blasts in Pakistan 2011

 

[desioptimist]

Sad news. RIP to the dead. Looks like these people are going to cross the number of 2010 attacks by more than 100%.

Bomb blasts in Pakistan 2010
Bomb blasts in Pakistan 2011

I checked the links, Indian fatalities are quite high too. It has come down in recent years.

 

[Geronimo2011]

Blast in Pak kills 8 including two anti-Taliban tribal elders

A powerful explosion ripped through a market in Bajaur tribal region of northwest Pakistan today, killing eight persons, including two anti-Taliban tribal elders, and injuring 12 others.

The nature of the blast, which occurred at the Pashat bazar in the Bajaur region at 10.50 am, could not immediately be ascertained.

Malik Mian Jan and Malik Tahsin Khan, two tribal elders who played a key role in leading an anti-Taliban 'lashkar' or militia, were among those killed by the blast, officials said.

The injured were taken to hospitals in Khar, the main town of the region located 65 km from Pashat.

Officials said three of the wounded were in a serious condition.

The Pashat market was closed following the attack.

Security forces cordoned off the site of the blast and launched a search operation.

The blast targeted Malik Mian Jan's hotel, where he was meeting other tribal elders, witnesses said.

No group claimed responsibility for the blast.

The Taliban have killed dozens of pro-government tribesmen and members of anti-militant militias in the tribal belt over the past few years.

One of the first anti-Taliban militias in Bajaur Agency was formed in Salarzai sub-division, of which Pashat is a part.

Leaders of the anti-Taliban militias had been threatened by the Taliban, local residents said.


^^^ People have even created their own anti-Taliban militias - Where are the alarm bells????

I can see a civil war in not too far in Pakistan's future..

 

[desioptimist]

Ppl commenting on such threads have decreased drastically .
First there used to be so much ppl commenting .

R.I.P to the dead

War fatigue may be. We are hearing it everyday. People have become numb, now it is just numbers they are interested in.

 

[Hindustani]

RIP to the dead..

 

[desioptimist]

I can see a civil war in not too far in Pakistan's future..

It is their salwa Judum.