Six security personnel die in three attacks

Six Pakistani security personnel were killed in three attacks in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan in two days.

Four personnel including two Frontier Corps soldiers Lance Naik Mudassir and Sepoy Jamshed and two police constables Abdul Samad and Noor Rehman lost their lives in an improvised explosive device attack, the military media wing ISPR said yesterday.

The attack took place in Mamund area of Bajaur district which borders Afghanistan. After the incident, security forces and police cordoned off the site and launched a search operation. KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan strongly condemned the attack and vowed to bring culprits to justice. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing.

In another attack on October 20 in Thall, Hangu district of KP, terrorists fired at a military post. Sepoy Waqas, the resident of Mansehra, lost his life, during the exchange of fire that lasted several hours.

Meanwhile, terrorists also fired at a security forces post in Kech district of Balochistan in which Sepoy Muhammad Qaiser sustained serious injuries and lost his life.