Gunmen hijack 3 trucks load of weapons of Pakistani forces
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Peshawar, Jan 25, IRNA
Pakistan-Weapons
Suspected militants have hijacked three trucks loaded with arms of Pakistani security forces in a tribal region, a senior official said.
The trucks were hijacked at 12:50 a.m. between the night of Wednesday and Thursday at Darra Adam Khel tribal region, a local official in the region Salem Gandapur said.
Gandapur said that the authorities have arrested 32 tribesmen as under the tribal laws they are responsible for the safety of the security forces and their vehicles.
He said the tribal elders were asked to try to find the missing trucks and to return the weapons.
"The elders will reply to us if the trucks are hijacked by criminals or any group," he said.
He said the authorities have also taken into custody 9 vehicles of local tribesmen to force the unidentified men to return the weapons.
Local TV channels reported that the trucks with snatched weapons have been taken to Wana, the center of South Waziristan tribal region where the security forces and local Taliban are engaged in fieriest clashes for two days.
The army said on Thursday that the security forces backed by artillery and gunship helicopters have killed 40 militants and arrested several others in two days of fighting.
An army statement said that 8 soldiers also lost lives.
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