Man killed, students injured in K-P firing incidents

Five students were injured in two separate incidents in Lower Dir and Swat

PESHAWAR:

At least five students were injured and a person was killed in two separate firing incidents in Lower Dir and Swat on Monday.

A driver of a school van was killed and two students were injured when their vehicle came under attack by unidentified gunmen in the village of Guli Bagh within Swat district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).

Officials said the assailants were waiting on a motorcycle and attacked the van as it passed. They fled soon after the attack.

District officials claimed that the driver was targeted in the attack.

In the second incident, three students were injured when their school van was 'caught in a crossfire' as two armed groups clashed. Officials claimed that two groups were clashing with each other as the van passed through the area.

One student was critically injured and had to be shifted to Saidu Sharif Hospital, while the condition of the other two is said to be stable. The students included two boys and a girl.

Swat shootout

Yesterday, two suspected terrorists were killed in a clash with security forces at Mingora Bypass Road in the city of Swat, K-P.

Four security officials including a captain were injured in the shootout. A pedestrian was also among the injured.

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According to Mingora police station chief Tariq Khan and Banr police post in-charge Anwar Khan, security forces launched an operation on a location on Mingora Bypass Road at around 4:30 am after learning about the presence of terrorists there.

There was an exchange of fire between terrorists and the army as well as Frontier Corps personnel. Two terrorists, believed to be residents of the Shangla district, were killed in the shootout.

Captain Zulfiqar, Lance Naik Naseer Iqbal, Naik Gul Sadiq and soldier Sajid were injured during the raid.

The injured were shifted to DHQ Saidu Sharif Hospital.