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HANGU, Dec 30: Three Afghan children were injured in landmine explosion near the Thall cantonment here on Monday.
The children were going home from school at the time of the incident.
Two of the injured boys, identified as Abdur Rehman and Usman, were shifted to a military hospital in Kohat, while the name of the third boy, who was admitted to a hospital in Thall, could not be ascertained.
The landmine was planted near the cantonment area where the troops had conducted exercises a couple of days ago.
Sources said that several landmines had been planted in the area, which were removed after the exercises were over. They suspected that the mine had not been cleared by the authorities.
Despite several attempts to contact, the Thall cantonment authorities could not be contacted.
However, officials of the Thall police station denied having any information about the occurrence of the incident in their jurisdiction.
HOUSE BURNT: A tribal Lashkar torched the house of an alleged murderer in the Saifal Darra area of the Orakzai Agency on Monday and fined him Rs 550,000.
The accused, Azizur Rehman, had allegedly killed Asal Khan over a minor dispute.
The victim’s relatives approached the tribal Lashkar, which decided that the house of the killer would be torched and a fine would be imposed on him.
On Monday, the Lashkar implemented its decision and burnt down the killer’s house, besides imposing a fine of Rs 550,000 to be paid to the victim’s family.
