MIRAMSHAH: Two people were injured when an artillery shell hit a house in Manan Kot area near Mirali as the North Waziristan tribal region remained under curfew for the sixth day on Sunday.

Locals said security forces, backed by artillery and helicopter gunships, fired back after terrorists attacked a convoy in Manan Kot. The convoy was coming to Miramshah from Bannu.

One shall hit a house, causing injuries to two people. Their names could not be ascertained.

Curfew continued to be in place in North Waziristan forcing people belonging to the troubled region to remain stranded in Bannu.

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