At least two people were killed in a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Tehsil Kulachi of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan District, whereas a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier was shot dead in FR Jandola Bazaar.
Police sources said the explosion on Kulachi-Loni Road left two local traders dead.
They said the victims were passing through the area when their motorcycle struck an IED, adding that explosives were planted to target law enforcement personnel.
In a separate incident at FR Jandola Bazaar near South Waziristan tribal agency, an FC soldier, who was on leave, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen.