Blasts in K-P, FATA leave 6 dead, 7 injured

Mortar shell explodes in North Waziristan killing 6 family members including children and women.

MIRANSHAH/ KOHAT/ PESHAWAR: Six members of a family were killed including children and women when a mortar shell accidentally exploded inside a house in Shawal tehsil of North Waziristan Agency on Wednesday.

An official of the political administration said that the incident occurred inside the house of a tribesman identified as Alam Din. He said that the tribesman found the mortar shell - fired by unidentified militants from Afghanistan - in an open ground near his house.

The official added that the shell detonated when the tribesman took it inside his house.

In a separate incident, a blast in Kurram Agency outside the house of a political clerk left three people injured. Among the injured was the political clerk himself, a woman and a child.

In another incident, a blast took place on Sarki Road in Peshawar, injuring two people.