DERA MURAD JAMALI: One person was killed and his brother injured in a landmine explosion in Kahan tehsil of Kohlu district on Monday.

Levies Force officials said the incident took place in the Lakar-Wadh area of Kahan tehsil when a motorcycle hit the landmine planted by unidentified attackers on the road.

The two brothers were on their way home when their motorcycle hit the landmine.

“The motorbike was blown up by the impact of the explosion, leaving both the brothers injured,” a senior Levies officer told Dawn over telephone.

Soon after the incident, Levies and FC personnel rushed to the site and shifted the injured to a nearby health facility before transferring them to the Kohlu district hospital. One of the injured, identified as Moladad, succumbed to his injuries before reaching there.

The injured, 15-year-old Jalab Khan, was shifted to a hospital in Dera Ghazi Khan.

Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to trace those involved in the landmine blast.

Published in Dawn, December 14th, 2021