LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 5: Four missiles were fired on an army base in Landi Kotal on Thursday night. Officials of the Landi Kotal political administration told Dawn that two missiles landed inside the base, but caused no damage. One missile landed in a garden in front of the main gate of the Khyber Rifles and another near an abandoned army store, about 100 metres from the main gate.

The officials said they had found the launching pads of the missiles at a place near the Landi Kotal-Torkham bypass road, a few hundred metres west of the army base.

The explosions caused panic among people in Landi Kotal. This was the first missile attack on an army camp in the area.

Many in Landi Kotal believe that the attack might be a reaction to the operation against Lal Masjid in Islamabad. But official sources said nobody had claimed responsibility for the attack and no arrests had been made.

The sources said action would be taken against local tribesmen under the Collective Territorial Responsibility clause of the Frontier Crimes Regulation.

Meanwhile, the army and Khyber Rifles authorities have restricted civilian movement inside the camp and closed the Army Public School and F. G. School situated inside the army camp.