PESHAWAR – A suicide bomber killed one person and injured another eight after he was identified and shot at in Darra Adam Khel on Friday. The Kohat commissioner said a suicide bomber was identified at Darra Adam Khel a little before the Friday prayers and tribesmen made an attempt to capture him. However, he blew himself up killing a labourer. Investigations are underway but it is believed that the suicide bomber was making an attempt to target people saying the Friday prayers. 3 people killed, 10 NATO containers torched: Separately, unidentified men killed three men in Khyber Agency’s Landikotal and later torched 10 NATO containers and oil tankers. Dozens of militants attacked the parking stand and shot dead the three watchmen and later on set the trucks on fire.
Later, transporters and drivers staged a protest and blocked the road between Pakistan and Afghanistan for a couple of hours. Also on Friday, at least six militants were killed and three security forces’ personnel injured in clashes between the two sides in Orakzai Agency. Officials said militants attacked a security forces checkpost in Sher Hakim area in the early hours of the day, causing injuries to three jawans. In retaliation, the security forces targeted militant hideouts and claimed destroying two dins and killing six militants In South Waziristan’s Wana, officials said one explosion destroyed a tube well and the second occurred at the residence of a tribal elder. No casualties were reported.
