Militancy: Bomb kills three, wounds seven in Orakzai agency

PESHAWAR: Three people, including two paramilitary soldiers, were killed in a roadside bomb blast in the Orakzai Agency on Saturday, officials said.

An improvised explosive device (IED) planted by militants went off in the town of Ibrahimzai during a routine patrol by paramilitary soldiers, a security official said.

“Two soldiers and one civilian were killed in the blast,” Abdul Qadir, a local administration official, told AFP.

Seven other people – one soldier and six civilians – were wounded in the explosion near the bazaar in Ibrahimzai, he said.

A military official in Peshawar confirmed the incident, saying the wounded had been taken to a local hospital.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 23^rd,  2011.