Double impact: Kurram Agency explosion injures seven

Separately, security forces arrest two militants, recover arms.


Our Correspondent January 07, 2014
The political administration registered a case for both incidents and launched a search operation, but no one has yet been arrested. PHOTO: FILE.

PARACHINAR:


An explosion in lower Kurram Agency injured seven people on Tuesday.


An official of the political administration said the blast occurred in Sadda Bazaar around 10am. The explosive was planted near a shop and injured seven people. Injured victims were rushed to Civil Hospital Sadda, where one person identified as Khalid Khan was said to be in a critical condition.

At nearly 11pm on Monday, a roadside bomb exploded in Pewar, Kurram Agency. The incident critically injured a passerby Hussain Turi, political administration officials said.

The political administration has registered a case for both incidents and launched an investigation, but no one has been arrested as yet. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks either.

Meanwhile, one person was killed and three injured in separate incidents in Jamrud, Khyber Agency on Tuesday.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2014.

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