Report in Dawn, Sept 8th, 2023
BAJAUR: One person was killed and another wounded when a motorcycle on which they were travelling was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED in Mamond tehsil here on Thursday evening.
Police and Rescue 1122 officials said the incident occurred along a canal before sunset.
The motorcyclists were apparently heading towards Damadola when they were hit by a remote controlled bomb planted by unknown miscreants, said a police statement.
According to the Rescue 1122 statement, one person was died on the spot while another was critically wounded in the explosion.
The statement stated that both were immediately shifted to the district headquarters hospital in Khar for obligatory formalities and treatment.
A senior police official told Dawn that the deceased was identified as Altaf Khan, a resident of Badan village, while the injured was Slahuddin of Chotra area of Mamond tehsil.
The official while mentioning the hospital sources said the wounded was later referred to a hospital in Peshawar owing to his precious condition.
The official didn’t blame anyone for the explosion but said that a heavy contingent of the police personnel was rushed to the site of explosion for the search and strike operation in the area……
https://www.dawn.com/news/1774586/man-killed-in-bajaur-ied-blast
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Army convoy escapes suicide attack
Report in Dawn, Sept 8th, 2023
LAKKI MARWAT / DI KHAN: A convoy of security forces narrowly escaped a suicide attack on Miramshah road in Bannu on Thursday.
An official source said that the convoy was passing through the busy road connecting Bannu with Miramshah, headquarters of North Waziristan district, when the suicide bomber tried to target it.
“When it reached near the airport, a suicide bomber tried to hit it but the explosive-laden vest he was wearing exploded before he could reach the target,” he maintained. He said the explosion was heard in the surrounding areas but it did not cause any casualties. “A vehicle was partially damaged in the blast,” he said.
The official source said that body parts of the bomber were found in the fields near the site of the explosion. “Police and security experts collected evidence from the site while the security forces launched a search to eliminate other terrorists found in the area,” he added.
Security was also beefed up after the attack and local police increased patrolling in the district.
Meanwhile a policeman embraced martyrdom as terrorists attacked Samiullah check-post here in the limits of City police station late on Wednesday night.
According to a police spokesman, unknown assailants opened fire at the post and as a result, levies police constable Ehsanullah of Kalai Umar Adda embraced martyrdom.
The police team deployed at the check-post retaliated but the terrorists managed to escape from the scene.
Soon after the incident, Tank DPO Ifekhar Ali Shah along with SP Investigation Haji Nasir Khan and a heavy contingent of police reached the site, surrounded the area and started a search operation……..https://www.dawn.com/news/1774590/army-convoy-escapes-suicide-attack
