A local Taliban leader and his three guards were gunned down by unidentified assailants ambush on Miramshah-Mir Ali road in Pir Kally area of North Waziristan late on Wednesday night.
According to reports, unidentified gunmen opened fire on a vehicle killing all its occupants, who were later identified as a local Taliban commander and his bodyguards.
Security sources said that the assailants fled from the scene after carrying out the attack.
Those killed in the attack were identified by locals as Shafiq, a Taliban commander, and his three guards, according to the security sources.
Further details regarding the incident were not available as the access of media in the region is restricted due to security worries and government restrictions.
PEACE COMMITTEE CHIEF KILLED:
In another unrelated incident, two persons, including the leader of a local peace committee, were killed in an exchange of gunfire between militants and the members of a local peace committee in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district.
The other person killed in the clash was later identified as a suspected militant.
Local media reported that a security person was also injured in the incident which occurred during a raid being carried out in the area by the peace committee members accompanied by security personnel.