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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
By Javed Aziz Khan
PESHAWAR: Two Afghan minors were killed and seven others, including three policemen, were injured when inhabitants of the Shamshatoo refugee camp clashed with personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Corps and the Frontier Police that were carrying out a massive clean-up operation against suspected militants.
The security personnel, backed by armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and commandoes, arrested 45 suspected militants during raids in different houses at the camp even after the clash. Computers, CDs, documents and other material were also taken into custody from various mud-houses of the Afghan refugees.
The action was planned after a cache of explosive devices was recovered from the camp during a raid a few days back. According to NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the seized explosives were sufficient to blow up the entire provincial capital.
“As the FC and the police contingents cordoned off the Shamshatoo refugee camp on Tuesday, miscreants opened fire at the security personnel from their houses, while minors came out to protest and block the way of the law-enforcers,” Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Peshawar, Liaqat Ali Khan, told The News. He said that it was not confirmed as to who hit the two minors, who were killed in the clash.
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