HANGU: Eight children among at least twelve others were killed while eight others were injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden double-cabin truck into a local militant’s centre in the Spin Thall area of a remote part of Hangu district bordering North Waziristan tribal region, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported on 21 July, 2012.
According to local sources, the explosion occurred at the entry point of Commander Maulana Nabi Hanafi’s centre located in a populated area.
The Hakimullah Mahsud-led Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan claimed responsibility for the attack.
DND