2 militants killed, 2 security personnel injured in Wana attack

Militants had attacked the Scouts Fort in Toi Khulla.

DI KHAN: Two security personnel were injured when militants attacked the Scouts Fort in Toi Khulla early Friday morning, a security official told The Express Tribune.

The security official said two militants had been killed and four were injured in retaliatory firing.

“Militants, dozens in number, attacked the fort with heavy and light weapons, but the security forces response failed their attack. The attack was from 2am till 3am, continued exchange of fire for an hour,” the official added.

The injured security personnel were shifted via helicopter to the hospital located at the Scouts Camp in Wana. One of the injured is said to be in critical condition.

A resident of Wana told The Express Tribune that he had heard the sound of artillery at night and had seen helicopters flying towards Toi Khulla, around 30km south of Wana Bazaar, on Friday morning.

Toi Khulla is a tehsil of Wana in South Waziristan, which borders Zhob district of Balochistan. The Dottani and Sulaiman Khel tribes are the inhabitants of the area, which comes under the influence of Mullah Nazeer Taliban Group.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

Earlier on September 2, militants had attacked a check post in the Khan Kot area of the tehsil. One official and five militants had been killed in the attack.