Two killed in Bannu suicide attack: ISPR

Two civilians lost their lives while 10 others, including three security forces personnel, were injured in a suicide attack in Bannu’s Bakka Khel area, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday.

The military's media wing added that on Nov 26, a “motorcycle borne suicide bomber, affiliated with Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group and later identified as an Afghan national”, targeted a security forces convoy in the Bakka Khel area of Bannu district.

"Resultantly, 2x innocent civilians embraced Shahadat, while 7x civilians and 3x soldiers got injured."
Sanitisation of the area was under way to eliminate any other terrorists, the military’s media wing added.

"Security forces of Pakistan are determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our brave civilians and soldiers further strength our resolve."

On Sunday, the security forces killed eight terrorists while conducting an intelligence based operation (IBO) in the Sararogha area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district.

According to the ISPR, an intense fire exchange took place between the troops and terrorists during the operation, which was carried out after receiving information about their presence.

The slain terrorists were involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces as well as innocent civilians.

The ISPR statement continued that weapons, ammunition, and explosives were also found in the slain terrorists’ possession.