At least three injured in suicide attack on check post in Khyber

Car packed with explosives attacked the Qaum Akakhel Sarozey checkpoint, say police

PESHAWAR:

At least three security personnel were injured on Wednesday when a suicide car bomber attacked a check post established in the Tirah valley area of Khyber district. 

The SHO of Tirah station confirmed the incident and said a car packed with explosives attacked the Qaum Akakhel Sarozey checkpoint. 

He identified the injured as Subedar Muhammad Asrar, Sepoy Iftikhar, and Sepoy Shafiq Narul. The injured security personnel were transferred to a nearby hospital for treatment..

Previously in March, a police post in KP, Meri Khel, was attacked, which was termed a “terrorist attack”. Police told Express Tribune that a motorcycle parked at the checkpoint caught fire due to the explosives.

However, the militants managed to escape from the scene after police shot fire.

In another terrorist attack, two policemen deployed on census duty in K-P's Tank and Lakki Marwat districts were killed, while five others received injuries.