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Published 14 Oct, 2011 10:12pm

Bombs defused in Lakki

LAKKI MARWAT, Oct 14: Police on Friday foiled a sabotage bid by defusing two homemade bombs on the outskirts of the Lakki city.

DPO Gulzar Ali Khan received information that two suspected ghee tins had been dumped in Sufi town on Lakki Tajazai-road near Lakki city, said an official.

He said acting on the information a contingent headed by SDPO Syed Nawaz Khan reached the area and surrounded the place.

He said police found two tins filled with explosives and called in bomb disposal squad to defuse them. The official said both devices were defused through controlled explosions.

Meanwhile, two militants, who had been killed in a drone attack in North Waziristan Agency, were laid to rest in Lakki city and Adamzai localities of the district on Friday.

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