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FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, July 29
29 Jul 2009 10:24:14 GMT
Source: Reuters
ISLAMABAD, July 29 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 0945 GMT on Wednesday.

* denotes new or updated development.

* LANDIKOTAL - A police vehicle escorting a convoy of trucks carrying supplies for Western forces in Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb in the Khyber tribal region on the Afghan border on Wednesday, wounding two policemen, government officials and residents said.

* DERA ISMAIL KHAN - A lawyer from the minority Shi'ite Muslim community was wounded and his guard killed when his car hit a bomb placed in the parking lot of a court in the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan. Two other people were also wounded. Police suspect Sunni Muslim militants were behind the attack.

* SHANGLA - Suspected Taliban militants shot dead a pro-government tribal elder in Shangla district near the northwestern Swat valley, police said. (Compiled by Islamabad bureau)


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