Five troops hurt in blast

Published August 5, 2006

WANA, Aug 4: Five soldiers were wounded and several vehicles damaged when a remote-controlled device exploded near an army camp in Shakai in South Waziristan on Friday, officials said.

Officials said that the soldiers were camping in a private rest-house belonging to deceased senator Malik Faridullah Khan in the Shakai area.

The blast damaged 16 army vehicles, the officials said. The device appeared to have been placed near the boundary wall of the compound.

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