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ISLAMABAD, May 28 (KUNA) -- At least five persons including a senior
security official were killed and four others were wounded in separate firing
incidents in two tribal towns of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), security
officials said on Monday.
Suspected local militants opened indiscriminate fire at the vehicle of
Frontier Core (FC) near a security checkpost in Tank town, the officials told
KUNA.
The attack killed FC Assistant District Director (ADD), Mir Wali Khan, and
critically wounded his driver, they said, adding that there was retaliatory
fire but the militants escaped.
In another incident in Bannu town, 55 miles north of Tank, acting on a
tip-of, police conducted a raid in cantonment area.
There was an exchange of fire between policemen and miscreants who had
arrived in the town from Afghanistan for terrorist activities, said police
sources.
They said four armed miscreants were killed, a passer-by and two policemen
were wounded. (end)
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