PESHAWAR: At least nine personnel of Khasadar Force were killed in two different terrorist attacks in the tribal area.
The terrorists stormed a checkpost in Krapa, killing five personnel of Khasadar Force on the spot, while two seriously injured officials died while being taken to hospital. In another attack, terrorists targeted a solar tube well in Dargazai, killing two Khasadar Force men who were guarding the installation. The assailants also blew up the tube wells. Soon after the attacks, security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation. An official of the local political administration said several suspects have been arrested during a search operation launched after the attacks.
Separately, at least seven people, including three Frontier Corps personnel, were killed in two road accidents in Mastung District of Balochistan on Thursday. Levies official siad that a passenger coach travelling from Karachi to Quetta turned turtle in Khad Kucha area of Mastung, killing four passengers and injuring 30 others. The accident happened when the driver tried to save a child who suddenly came before the bus, Levies officials said. Three Frontier Corps personnel were killed when the vehicle shifting the injured of the bus accident to nearby Mastung hospital also overturned.
The spokesman for Frontier Corps, Khan Wasey, said three soldiers were killed and the civilian driver was injured in the accident. All the injured were then rushed to Mastung hospital for medical treatment from where they were shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta. Emergency was imposed in the hospital to treat the injured.
