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IED blast kills security personnel in Arandu

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January 19, 2019

CHITRAL: An improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Arandu along the Afghan border killing a security personnel on Saturday.
Deputy Commissioner Chitral Khurshid Alam Mahsud confirmed the incident and identified the martyr as Javed Ahmed, son of Abdul Hakim, a sepoy of Chitral Levies. He was a resident of the Arandu village.
The DC said the IED device was planted underground near a Levies’ post at the old powerhouse village which exploded at about 12:45pm.

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