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Seven volunteers of pro-govt militia killed in Pak

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Press Trust of India Islamabad

Seven volunteers of an 'Aman Lashkar' or pro-government militia were abducted and killed by militants in the troubled Khyber tribal region.

Their bodies were dumped in Nari area of Khyber, state-run Radio Pakistan reported.

No group claimed responsibility for the killings.

In Kurram tribal region, militants fired indiscriminately at a bus and injured five persons.

Officials of the political administration in the semi-autonomous tribal region said the bus was going from Parachinar, the main town in Kurram, to Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

The injured passengers were taken to a nearby hospital.

The Khasadar militia cordoned off the site of the attack and launched a search operation.

 

Kurram has a large Shia population which has been targeted in the past by militants, including those from the banned Pakistani Taliban.

  

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First Published: Oct 09 2012 | 1:25 PM IST

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