BANNU: Rockets hit Bannu cantt

Published March 3, 2008

BANNU, March 2: Some unidentified persons on Sunday morning fired rockets at the cantonment area here. No damage was reported, officials said.

They said that the two rockets landed in the cantonment area at around 6:30 am, but no harm was done. One of the rockets didn’t explode that was later exploded by experts, said officials.

People of the city had for the first time experienced rockets attack in the day time. Police checkpoints in the city usually face rocket attacks during night timings.

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