At least three people including a soldier were killed and fourteen others were injured in violence in North Waziristan Agency on Sunday. According to reports, several militants attacked a checkpost of security forces at Pash Ziarat on Ladha-Razmak Road, killing a jawan of the armed forces. Security forces retaliated and killed two militants and injured five others.
Militants also attacked a security forces convoy with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Chashma Bridge near Miranshah, causing injuries to seven security forces personnel and destructing a vehicle. The injured were airlifted to Combined Military Hospital where condition of majority of the injured was stated serious. Security forces and local tribesmen launched joint action against militants in which two local tribesmen were killed.
Armed forces had claimed that military action had been completed in South Waziristan whereas tribal elders of North Waziristan said there were no local and foreign militants in their controlled areas. Two dead, four injured in separate incidents: Two people including a woman were killed and four others, three children among them, were injured in two separate incidents on Saturday.
Police sources said the accused Hadayatullah went to Yasmeen Begum’s house in the night and attacked her with a knife, killing her and injuring her three children Shad Bibi, Tahamul Khan and Khushab Khan. Relatives of the victims immediately informed the Sabir Abad Police Station who arrested the accused and took the knife in custody. Relatives of Yasmeen Begum registered a first information report (FIR) against the accused Hadaytullah.
In another incident, two cars collided head-on near Rangeenabad Chowk on Indus highway, causing serious injuries to two brothers Hamayun Khan and Zahid Khan. They were immediately shifted to a hospital in Lachi. However, Hamayun died before he could be treated in the hospital and his brother Zahid was admitted in critical condition.