Pakistan Today

21 abducted levies officials slain

Twenty-one of the 23 Levies personnel abducted by militants on Thursday were reportedly killed late on Saturday night. A private TV channel quoting its sources said the bodies of 21 Levies personnel were found in Peshawar FR’s Hassan Khel area. They added that authorities had confirmed the identity of 19 of the dead. The channel said political agents and tribal elders left to redeem the bodies of the martyred officials. Dozens of armed militants had attacked two security force checkposts in Peshawar with grenades and rockets two days ago. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the attack.

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