NORTH WAZIRISTAN: One person was killed and two others were injured when an improvised explosive device went off here late on Tuesday night.

Police officials said that unknown miscreants had planted the IED near a tubewell in Mamakhel area of Mirali tehsil, which exploded with a bang, killing one person and injuring two others.

The injured were shifted to a hospital in Bannu district.

Names of the deceased and injured persons could not be known.

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2021

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