Pakistan: 3 security personnel, one civilian hurt in North Waziristan blast
Miranshah, Pakistan: Three security personnel and a civilian were injured as a blast rocked the Edak area of Mir Ali tehsil in Pakistan's North Waziristan district on Sunday, media reports said.
Sources told The News International that a convoy of the security forces was attacked with a remote controlled explosion, leaving three soldiers and a civilian wounded.
Suspected militants, it was learnt, had placed the explosive device along the roadside, targeting the convoy of the security forces passing through the area, the newspaper reported.
The injured people were taken to Combined Military Hospital in Bannu for treatment.
The wounded were identified as Havaldar Kaleem, sepoy Zaman, sepoy Farooq and the civilian named Shakoor, the newspaper reported.
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