Friday, April 23, 2010
Seven soldiers embrace martyrdom in militant ambush
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Updated at: 1340 PST, Friday, April 23, 2010 PESHAWAR: Seven soldiers embraced martyrdom and 16 wounded after militants armed with guns and rocket launchers ambushed their convoy in the northwest tribal belt, officials said Friday.Dozens of insurgents on Thursday attacked the troops in North Waziristan. "In the ambush, seven soldiers embraced shahadat (martyrdom), including an officer and a junior commissioned officer, while 16 soldiers were injured. "It was a pre-planned attack. Dozens of militants first fired several rockets and then used other weapons and guns," an intelligence official based in Miranshah said, adding that four military vehicles were destroyed. A military statement said the convoy on a routine mission from Miranshah to Dattakhel when they were ambushed. |
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