Bomb blast killed six tribal militia

PESHAWAR : A bomb blast on Sunday killed six members of a tribal militia set up to combat militants, and wounded three o

Published February 19, 2012 Updated February 19, 2012 06:10am

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The bomb, in the lawless tribal district on the Afghan border, was planted by local militant, said local government official Khalid Mumtaz.

"It was a planted bomb and was detonated when the anti-militiamen reached a private checkpoint" run by the militants, who had deserted the checkpoint, Mumtaz told AFP.

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