CD shops blown up in Swabi

Published December 7, 2007

SWABI, Dec 6: Five CD and video shops were blown up in Chota Lahor, about 15 kilometres from the district headquarters, before dawn on Thursday.

Official sources said that explosions also damaged two other shops and adjacent buildings.

A leaflet in Urdu distributed a few days ago asked shop-owners to close their businesses or face consequences.

Police suspect the local Taliban to be behind the blast.

One of the shops was located close to a government school. The boundary wall and windows of the school were damaged by the blast.

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