Two khasadars killed, four injured near check post
No arrest has been made.
According to an official of the political administration, the khasadar men were patrolling Bannu-Miranshah Road when their van was attacked near the Mirzail check post. PHOTO: FILE
BANNU:
Two khasadar officials were killed and four other officials were injured when unidentified militants attacked their van near a check post in Frontier Region (FR) Bannu late on Saturday night.
According to an official of the political administration, the khasadar men were patrolling Bannu-Miranshah Road when their van was
attacked near the Mirzail check post.
The official said the Frontier Corps (FC) personnel opened retaliatory gunfire in response and forced militants to flee.
He said contingents of FC and khasadar officials rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to Combined Military Hospital, Bannu.
One of the deceased was identified as Syed Nawaz.
A search operation started following the incident, but no arrests were made till this report was filed.
The injured were then referred to a hospital in Peshawar, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2013.
Two khasadar officials were killed and four other officials were injured when unidentified militants attacked their van near a check post in Frontier Region (FR) Bannu late on Saturday night.
According to an official of the political administration, the khasadar men were patrolling Bannu-Miranshah Road when their van was
attacked near the Mirzail check post.
The official said the Frontier Corps (FC) personnel opened retaliatory gunfire in response and forced militants to flee.
He said contingents of FC and khasadar officials rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to Combined Military Hospital, Bannu.
One of the deceased was identified as Syed Nawaz.
A search operation started following the incident, but no arrests were made till this report was filed.
The injured were then referred to a hospital in Peshawar, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2013.