LADDAH, Feb 26: Four security personnel were killed and another was injured in a roadside bomb blast and a rocket attack in South Waziristan on Sunday.

Official sources said a team of security forces was on patrol when it hit a bomb reportedly placed by militants on the Jandula-Sararogha road.

Two security men died and another suffered injuries.

In the other incident, militants fired rockets on a check-post in Saro Kalli area, killing two security personnel.

Meanwhile, a man was shot dead in Gomal bazaar of Tank district.

Masked gunmen went to the house of Mirban, a drummer, and knocked at the door. When he came out they opened fire, killing him on the spot.Mirban’s wife Balgees and son were injured and taken to a hospital in Tank.

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