Six security personnel and two civilians were martyred in a suicide attack on a security check-post in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan on Saturday.
According to security personnel and officials, the bomber detonated an explosives-laden motorbike rickshaw at the checkpoint, claiming the lives of eight people, including four policemen, two Pakistan Army personnel, and two civilians.
The attack occurred in the Nurak area of North Waziristan district’s Mir Ali, according to police and security sources. Six other police officials were injured in the explosion and were immediately transferred to Miranshah Cantonment Hospital for treatment.
A little-known militant group calling itself “Aswad ul-Harb,” affiliated with the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), reportedly claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing.
The fresh attack comes a day after fierce clashes with militants in districts surrounding North Waziristan that killed at least 16 Pakistani security force members and injured many others.
