NEW DELHI: Two separate militant attacks on Sunday in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan has left at least seven dead and two injured.
According to media reports citing local officials, five security personnel lost their lives and two were injured in the initial attack that occurred in the Hassan Khel area of North Waziristan district, which borders Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated, targeting a bomb disposal unit on Saturday.
Militants reportedly began firing at the security forces soon after the explosion took place. The militants targeted a security post in the Seeman area of the district, leading to the fatalities of two security personnel. Subsequently, it was reported that the bodies of the security personnel and the injured individuals were airlifted to the Combined Military Hospital in Bannu.
Security forces blocked off the areas immediately following the attacks and began searching the regions.
Recently, there have been similar attacks in various parts of the province. The two attacks took place following the destruction of a private girls’ school by unidentified militants in Tehsil Shewa of North Waziristan district on the night of May 8.
The police said that the attackers first tortured the guard and then exploded two rooms in the school.
Similar attacks happened in May of the previous year when two government schools for girls in Mirali were destroyed.
( with input from agencies)
According to media reports citing local officials, five security personnel lost their lives and two were injured in the initial attack that occurred in the Hassan Khel area of North Waziristan district, which borders Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated, targeting a bomb disposal unit on Saturday.
Militants reportedly began firing at the security forces soon after the explosion took place. The militants targeted a security post in the Seeman area of the district, leading to the fatalities of two security personnel. Subsequently, it was reported that the bodies of the security personnel and the injured individuals were airlifted to the Combined Military Hospital in Bannu.
Security forces blocked off the areas immediately following the attacks and began searching the regions.
Recently, there have been similar attacks in various parts of the province. The two attacks took place following the destruction of a private girls’ school by unidentified militants in Tehsil Shewa of North Waziristan district on the night of May 8.
The police said that the attackers first tortured the guard and then exploded two rooms in the school.
Similar attacks happened in May of the previous year when two government schools for girls in Mirali were destroyed.
( with input from agencies)