10 killed as landmine blast hits van carrying census workers in Kurram

[tomato]

A passenger van hit a landmine in Godar area of Kurram Agency on Tuesday, killing 10 passengers, which included children, and injuring eight others, among them two census workers.

The vehicle was on its way from Godar to Sadda, Parachinar when it hit a mine, injuring two census workers on board, security sources told DawnNews.

The injured were shifted to a hospital where they are being treated for injuries.

The army dispatched an MI-17 helicopter to Parachinar to assist in transferring the injured victims of the blast to CMH Peshawar, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1329140/1...st-hits-van-carrying-census-workers-in-kurram

 

[tomato]

Is this a accident or attack masked as accident? why the hell anyone would target census workers?

 

[Hornbill]

Is this a accident or attack masked as accident? why the hell anyone would target census workers?

I don't have any idea about ground situation and but there were news about census team not willing to go to some regions which army claims to be in complete control. If you can't take census without the protection of armed men even in cities then there is no point in blaming the world for not recognizing pakistan’s role against militancy.

 

[PakLFC]

These places that neighbour Afghanistan are hell on earth. That is why I suggested permanently closing the border to keep the terrorists out. Whenever that happens peace prevails, when we open it innocent people start dying again.

 

[Enigma_]

Kept the Afghan border open. What did we expect?

 

[Syed1]

I don't have any idea about ground situation and but there were news about census team not willing to go to some regions which army claims to be in complete control. If you can't take census without the protection of armed men even in cities then there is no point in blaming the world for not recognizing pakistan’s role against militancy.

An army personal is accompanying a census worker in cities because the army is also conducting a parallel census of their own (to act as a check on the original census).

 

[pakistan cricket fan]

Rip

 

[Major]

Why were children travelling with the census workers?