Pakistani Taliban kill 15 kidnapped security men

January 05, 2012 11:30

Taliban militants in Pakistan today said they had killed 15 security personnel who were taken hostage last month when rebels stormed a fort near the South
Waziristan tribal region.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said that the bodies
of the slain Frontier Constabulary personnel had been dumped at Spin Tul, an area near North Waziristan Agency.

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