PESHAWAR: At least two people were killed in a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Kulachi tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan district, whereas a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier was shot dead in FR Jandola Bazaar.

Police sources said the explosion on Kulachi-Loni road left two local traders dead.

The victims were passing through the area when their motorcycle struck an IED, police sources said, adding that explosives were planted to target law enforcement personnel.

In a separate incident at FR Jandola Bazaar near the South Waziristan tribal agency, an FC soldier was shot dead by unidentified gunmen.

The deceased was on leave when he was shot dead in main Jandola Bazaar.

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