KOHAT: Militant killed, two arrested

Published February 20, 2008

KOHAT, Feb 19: Security forces killed a militant and arrested two others after an attack on a military convoy in the Shee Kallay area of Darra Adamkhel near the Kohat tunnel on Tuesday, officials said.

The convoy was going back to camp when it was targeted by a group of militants with a roadside bomb. One vehicle was damaged in the attack. Later, in the security forces’ action, one militant, Shad Khan, was killed. Two militants were held and taken to an undisclosed place for interrogation, sources said.

Meanwhile, two people were killed in different parts of Kohat on Tuesday.

The Shakardarra police said that one Amir Mohammad in his report alleged that Gul Rehman was killed by Shakoor and Abdul Aziz while he was going home in the Rehmanmabad area of the Shakardarra town. Syed Ishfaq was killed near Boana springs in the Jangle Khel police area.

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