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Soldier killed in attack on military vehicles

* SSG major injured in attack in Nowshera

MIRANSHAH: Separate bombs planted on roadsides hit two military vehicles in the country’s north on Monday, killing one soldier and wounding two others, officials said.

They are the first casualties since President Pervez Musharraf imposed a state of emergency on Saturday.

The soldier was killed near Miranshah when a military convoy moving towards Datta Khel village struck a roadside bomb, a security official said.

“A soldier was killed and another was injured and their vehicle was damaged in Kharqamar village,” the official told AFP.

Major injured: Separately, a remote-controlled improvised explosive device hit a Special Services Group (SSG) military vehicle in the town of Nowshera in NWFP, police said.

“The SSG jeep carrying Colonel Sajid and Major Ayaz was bombed at Daurabad Bridge around 8.15am when it was coming from Chirat Cantonment to Nowshera,” Pabbi police station moharrar Sardar Hussain told Daily Times staff reporter Akhtar Amin.

Hussain said the SSG vehicle was severely damaged and Major Ayaz sustained minor injuries while Colonel Sajid was unhurt. “It was a remote-controlled bomb as officials have found a deep crater at the blast scene,” he added.

Sources said a convoy of troops had been following the SSG jeep and cordoned off the area following the blast. They said the troops searched eight houses located near the blast site but did not arrest any suspects during the search.

It was the second attack on SSG personnel after the force took part in an operation against Lal Masjid in Islamabad in July in which more than hundred madrassa students were killed.

On September 5, 2007, over 20 SSG commandos were killed and dozens of others injured in a suicide blast at the officers’ mess of the sensitive cantonment area of Tarbela-Ghazi. staff report/agencies

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