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Gunmen shot dead two people including a Pakistani provincial lawmaker from Imra stanley cup n Khan s party in the country s restive northwest on Mond stanley cup ay, police said. HT Image Farid Khan, a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly, was being driven in Hangu city with a friend when six gunmen opened fire on the vehicle, according to witnesses. Khan and one of his friends died in the firing while their driver sustained serious injuries, senior local administration official Tahir Abbasi told AFP. The unknown gunmen fled following the attack. Farid Khan contested the May 11 election as an independent candidat stanley cup e but later joined cricketer-turned-politician Imran s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PTI party. Police spokesman Fazal Naeem confirmed the attack and casualties. PTI emerged as the largest party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the elections and will lead the new coalition government in the province, which has borne the brunt of Pakistan s Taliban militancy in recent years. Hangu lies just a few kilometres from Pakistan s lawless tribal regions, where militants linked to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda have carved out strongholds. Pakistani troops have for years been locked in deadly battles with domestic insurgents in the northwestern tribal belt, where militants also plot attacks on Afghan and Western targets. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics related to US El Byqx Obama, Romney say China needs to play by the rules
Security services killed three people involved in the suicide attacks on the Moscow metr air max 1 o in March after they refused to surrender, Russia s security chief said on Thursday. HT Image Two female suicide bombers, who officials say were natives of Russia s North Caucasus region of Dagestan, blew themselves up at two central underground stations, killing 40 people. Alexander Bortnikov, head of the FSB domestic security service, said secret agents had tracked down three gang members, including one who stanley cup escorted the suicid hoka e bombers to Moscow and another one who led the women to the scene. To our great regret, we did not manage to seize them alive, Russian channels showed Bortnikov reporting to President Dmitry Medvedev. They put on stiff armed resistance and were destroyed. Bortnikov said investigators had established the identity of all members of the gang, including the masterminds. A stern-looking Medvedev replied: Identify those involved in committing this heinous crime. Destroy the ones trying to resist. Show no mercy! The suicide bombings in Moscow and in Dagestan two days later, which killed more than 50 people and wounded at least 100 others, followed a surge of violence over the past year in the patchwork of North Caucasus republics. Russia has fought two wars in the region against Chechen separatists since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan |
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