Jan. 14: At least 29 people were killed in Pakistani in terrorism and anti-terrorism actions on Friday, officials said. A security official said suspected militants armed with rockets and rifles raided the house of a female police constable in Hangu early on Friday, killing her and five relatives.
Constable Shamshad Begum, targeted in the pre-dawn attack in Tootkas town, in the district of Hangu, had been receiving Taliban death threats for some time, senior administration official Khalid Khan said. The area borders the deeply conservative tribal region of Kurram, he said.
He said about a dozen militants armed with rockets, hand grenades and assault rifles raided the house at 3.30 am, first launching a rocket before barging into the house and opening fire.
“Begum Shamshad was killed along with her two sons and one daughter, and two sisters-in-law. Two other sons and one daughter were wounded in the attack,” he added.
Also on Friday, the Frontier Constabulary gunned down three militants and injured four others while repulsing an attack by militants on a check post in the tribal Mohmand Agency.
The gun battle erupted after militants attacked on a check post of the Frontier Constabulary in Bazai area of Mohmand agency, officials said. “Troops returned fire and killed three of the attackers and injured four more,” a security official said.
Separately, the militants blew up a girl’s school with explosives. The building was completely destroyed but there was no loss of life.
In Karachi, the target killing has reared its ugly head again, claiming at least 20 lives over the past 24 hours, officials said on Friday.