ORAKZAI AGENCY: Two security personnel, including an officer,
were killed while three others sustained injuries in an IED blast in
Ghunda Mela village of upper Orakzai Agency, officials said.The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) has confirmed that two soldiers “embraced martyrdom” while three others were injured in the blast during search of an old compound.
Tehsildar Orakzai Agency Nauman Khan has also confirmed that the security forces convoy was hit by a discarded improvised explosive device when they were searching an abandoned compound.
The deceased were later identified as Captain Hasnat Ali and Naib Subedar Arif Khan.
Earlier, suicide bombers had attacked a military checkpost in Lakki Marwat early on Saturday, killing 13 soldiers and 11 civilians.
Banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) later claimed responsibility of the attack.
from DAWN
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