Khyber tribes asked to surrender 23 suspects involved in two bomb blasts

Khyber Agency political administration served notices on Malakdinkhel and Akkakhel tribes under Collective Territorial Responsibility clause of Frontier Crimes Regulations to surrender to it the 23 suspected tribesmen allegedly involved in two bomb attacks in Bara.

Officials said that elders of both the tribes were warned of strict action in accordance with FCR if they failed to hand over wanted men to the administration.
The political administration has already suspended all the official perks and privileges of Sipah tribe after the July 16 bomb blast in a water tanker of Frontier Corps. Two FC personnel were critically injured in the blast.
The blast took place in Malakdinkhel region but the responsibility was later claimed by proscribed militant organisation Lashkar-i-Islam, headed by Mangal Bagh, who belonged to Sipah tribe.
The Malakdinkhel elders on July 23 offered assistance and support to security forces and political administration in keeping their area cleansed of all undesirable elements. They pledged to raze the house of facilitator of militants in their area besides imposing a fine of Rs1million on him.
Tribal elders tell admin no contact has been established with militant outfit
The Akkakhel elders too were issued similar notices by the administration. They were asked to hand over to the administration unidentified culprits involved in a blast in Spin Qabar area. An FC soldier was killed and another was injured in the blast. Lashkar-i-Islam also claimed responsibility of the Spin Qabar blast.
Meanwhile, tribal elders have accelerated their efforts to soften the official stance by conveying to the administration that no contact of local tribesmen with Deobandi terror outfit Lashkar-e-Islam I has so far been established.