At least sixteen people were killed and six other injured in two separate incidents in Bara Tehsil of Khyber Agency, police and witnesses said Sunday.
According to local state-owned television, the first attack came at about 10: 20 a.m. in the Sipah area of Khyber Agency, in which a mortar shell was fired at a house, killing at least eight people, including three children, and injuring two others. The injured were shifted to local hospitals.
Shortly afterwards, another blast was reported at a market place in the Teerah Valley area of the same agency, which reportedly killed eight local militiamen, who are fighting against militants in the area, and injured seven other people.
No body has claimed responsibility for the two attacks.
