LOWER DIR: Member Executive Committee of ANP Sher Muhammad Khan was
killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Bandai area of Lower Dir on
Tuesday.
According to details, Sher Muhammad Khan along with
his driver and guards including Shahid, Rafiullah and Matiullah, was in
a van in Bandai area of Lower Dir when he was attacked with a
remote-controlled explosive device.
Sher Muhammad Khan died on
the spot while the other four people were injured in the incident. The
security forces cordoned off the area and launched search operation.
The injured were urgently shifted to District Hospital Timergrah where their condition is said to be out of danger.
A
local journalist of Chitral told that military contingents were being
deployed in this area formally for the first time which has created
panic among the local population. Local population was thinking that
Chitral had remained a peaceful district and lest the army should start
operation in this area which could disrupt the peace in these
districts.
Locals told that all the government schools located
in border areas had been got vacated and announcements in this respect
had been made from the mosques as well. Online