FC personnel injured in Khyber IED blast

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KHYBER: Six Frontier Corps personnel were injured in an improvised explosive device attack on a military convoy in Upper Bara here on Wednesday.

Security officials in the region said that suspected militants targeted an FC convoy in Enzara area of Upper Bara during general patrolling of the area by the security forces.

They said the injured FC men were rushed to hospital for treatment while a search operation was also conducted after the security forces cordoned the area soon after the IED blast.

The injured FC men included lance naik Javed Akbar Swati and Raza Khan, sepoys Arsalan, Mohsin Janzeb, Raza Khan Turi and Gulfam.

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2024

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