GHALANAI: Three people, among them a security man, were killed and three personnel injured when two roadside improvised explosive devices went off in Baizai, some 25km west of Ghalanai area of Mohmand tribal region, on Monday.

Local officials said that Naib Subedar Naseer Khan and a taxi driver lost their lives in the first explosion while the second blast left a civilian dead and three security personnel injured.

The injured, one of them identified as Lt Col Taimur, were airlifted to hospital in Peshawar.

Officials said that security personnel were patrolling an area near Atam village in Baizai tehsil along the Afghan border when the blasts occurred.

After the incident security forces cordoned off the area and started search operation but no arrest was reported till late night.

Published in Dawn, December 22nd, 2015

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