Blast kills 4 peace committee members in Pakistan
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, June 9, IRNA -- A bomb blast in a vehicle Thursday killed at least four members of the pro-government peace committee in northwest Pakistan, police said.
Three more people were injured in the blast at Matani area, some 20 kilometers from Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province.
The vehicle was completely destroyed in the blast.
Police said that the roadside bomb was detonated through remote control.
Taliban militants had in the past attacked pro-government people in Matani area, where they had formed committee to support the government action against the militants.
It is the second blast in Matani in five days.
A bomb blast in a passenger van on June 5 killed at least six persons in the same area.
A Taliban suicide bomber had struck funeral for the wife of a pro-government peace committee elder in Matani and killed nearly 40 people.
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