TTP central Fazlullah group claim their deadly attacks

Social media spokesperson for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban, TTP (central, Maulana Fazlullah group) contacted journalists to claim responsibility for the killing of peace committee leader Ashraf Ali Khan, Swat Tehsil, Matta Bamakhella region. He was “shot in the body with a pistol” on the morning of 4th October 2014. A policeman injured during the incident succumbed to his injuries also.

DAWN media reported that,

“two others, including a policemen, were injured in the attack on peace committee member Ashraf Khan who was also a local leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), police sources said.”

This follows only days after 3 local peace volunteers, named as Zahir Shah, Mohammad Zeb and Fareed who were gunned down in Swat,

http://www.dawn.com/news/1132282

After several months of relative quiet following the start of military operation Zarb -e-Asb in June after peace talks failed, TTP central are once again active. Yesterday they claimed responsibility for an attack on the night of 2nd/ 3rd Oct around midnight where TTP members beheaded Special Forces officer Muhibbullah son of Sakhi Jaan at his home in Median, Swat.

In addition Fazlullah group said they bombed a coach carrying mainly shia on 2nd October, (Bazid Khel area on Kohat Road) in what appeared to be a sectarian attack killing 7 persons and injuring 11 others.

Back in September (23rd) a top Taliban Commander confirmed that Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) central accepted responsibility for a car blast on a Frontier Corps (FC) convoy near to Peshawar Press Club. This incident killed at least 3 people and injured 13 others.

Today (Saturday, Oct 4th) there has been a further explosion on a passenger van in Kohat’s Peshawar Chowk, six people died and 13 were injured in the this attack. DAWN media reported that the blast occurred along a roadside and appeared to have been caused by an improvised explosive device.

To date no one has claimed responsibility for this latest incident.

Link

“Pakistan: TTP Fazlullah group accept responsibility for attack on Special Services Officer and Peshawar Kohat Road blast”

https://activist1.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/pakistan-ttp-fazlullah-group-accept-responsibility-for-attack-on-special-officer-and-peshawar-blast/

“Peshawar: Taliban TTP central claim responsibility for Peshawar blast on Frontier Corps convoy”

https://activist1.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/peshawar-taliban-ttp-central-claim-responsibility-for-peshawar-blast-on-frontier-corps-convoy/

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.