Driver hurt in attack on NGO women

Published October 11, 2007

MANSEHRA Oct 10: A driver suffered serious injuries when armed men fired on a vehicle carrying women staff of an NGO in the Pulrah area where the self-proclaimed Amir of Lashkar Ababil, Maulana Mujid Muideen, had recently issued a decree calling for attacks on women workers and vehicles of non-governmental organisations.

Source told Dawn that the women working for the Tarraqi Foundation were going back to Mansehra from Lasain Nawab, when three masked men intercepted their vehicle and opened fire.

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