Attacker of foreign diplomats killed in Swat: Pakistan Army

The Public Relations Department of the Pakistan Army said on Saturday Swat I recently foreign Diplomats The ‘terrorist’ involved in the attack has been killed in a military operation.

On September 22, a police van escorting ambassadors in Swat was bombed, killing one officer and injuring four others, according to police, but all the ambassadors from 12 countries were safe.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement, Attaullah alias Mehran, the ‘mastermind’ of militancy, was involved in several ‘terrorist’ activities in the area.

The statement said that the incident of the explosion of an improvised bomb on a police vehicle carrying a convoy of foreign dignitaries is also included.

ISPR said that two militants including the main suspect Attaullah alias Mehran were killed in a fierce exchange of fire during the operation while one was arrested with injuries.

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Regarding the attack on the security squad of the ambassadors of different countries in the tourist place of Malam Jabba, Independent Urdu learned that the provincial government was kept unaware of the arrival of the ambassadors.

The ambassador went to Swat on the invitation of the Swat Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where he attended a function at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Malam Jabba, a tourist destination in Swat.

According to a Swat Police official, these ambassadors belonged to Indonesia, Portugal, Kazakhstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Iran, Russia and Tajikistan.

On this issue, Swat District Police Officer (DPO) Dr. Zahidullah told Independent Urdu that ‘It is true that we were not told that the ambassador of any country was coming, rather we were told that non There is a national delegation.

He added, ‘We had provided security to this delegation regularly and still the explosion happened on our squad car, in which one of our youth was martyred.’

He said that due to regular security, all the people included in the delegation were safe and they were brought safely to Islamabad.


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2024-10-07 12:37:51

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