Three blast victims buried

Published February 13, 2006

KOHAT, Feb 12: Bodies of three unidentified victims of the Hangu blast were buried in Sherkot on Sunday. The burnt bodies were kept in the Hangu hospital for three days, but nobody turned up to claim them, after which they were sent to Sherkot, leader of the peace jirga Maulana Khurshid Jawadi told Dawn.

The bodies were kept in the area for six hours for identification and later buried, Ustarzai Union Council Nazim Syed Mahtabul Hassan said.

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