Kohat blast leaves 12 dead

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Kohat blast leaves 12 dead

KOHAT: At least 12 tribesmen hailing from Orakzai Agency were killed and two others, including a child, were injured in a blast caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Sapey area in the limits of Ustarzai Police Station, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported on 18 July, 2012.

According to official sources, a pickup truck carrying 15 passengers was heading to Kohat from lower Orakzai when the IED planted on the roadside went off at 6am.

An official of the bomb disposal unit, Akbar Khan, said a 10-kilogram anti-tank mine device was used in the explosion.

Meanwhile, talking to reporters from an undisclosed location by phone, spokesman for the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Darra Adamkhel

DND

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