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Religious scholar Mufti Jana Mir killed in blast in South Waziristan's Wana
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The Express Tribune » Pakistan
Former aide to Aman Lashkar commander targeted inside a supermarket with a pressure cooker bombMufti Jana Mir Masti Khel, a prominent religious scholar and former aide to Aman Lashkar commander Nazir, was killed on Monday when a pressure cooker bomb exploded inside a supermarket in the busy Rustam Bazaar of South Waziristan's Wana.
According to the DSP, preliminary investigations indicate that the attackers had pre-planted the pressure cooker bomb in the supermarket and that Mir was the apparent target.
An initial report was registered in the daily diary of Wana City Police Station.
Several other religious figures in South Waziristan Lower have been targeted in recent attacks, heightening concerns over the security of clerics in the region.
READ: JUI-F leader gunned down in South WaziristanOver the past year and a half, the law-and-order situation in South Waziristan Lower has deteriorated markedly.