KOHAT, Aug 3: One person was killed and two others received injuries when militants fired 25 mortar shells from the border of Orakzai tribal region at Darra Adamkhel on Wednesday, officials said.

They said that militants fired barrage of mortar shells at villages in Darra Adamkhel from Tora Chinna and Khartang areas, situated along the border of Orakzai Agency. The mortar shells landed in different places. Lal Faqir was killed while Shah Said and Dr Sajjad were injured in the attack, officials said. They said that the injured were shifted to Peshawar for treatment.

The security forces retaliated with artillery firing and targeted the mountains from where the mortar shells were fired. There was no report about any kind of losses to the attackers.— Correspondent

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