GHALANAI, May 23: A woman and her 10-year-old son were killed when a mortar shell hit a house in Khawezai tehsil of Mohmand Agency on Wednesday.

Locals said that the shell hit the house of Arabistan, killing his son on the spot and injuring his wife. The injured woman was shifted to Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar where she succumbed to her wounds.

Locals said that at least a dozen more mortar shells landed in a nearby village but caused no loss of life. The place from where the shells were fired could not be ascertained.

In Kurram Agency, three persons including a minor were injured when militants opened firing on a passenger coach near Tore Chapper village on Wednesday. The coach was going to Peshawar from Parachinar. The injured passengers were identified as Kamal Hussain, Mehtab Hussain and Nijat Hussain. They were shifted to Combined Military Hospital in Thall Garrison.

Security forces condoned off the area soon after the attack and conducted a search operation. However, no arrest was made during the operation.

In Khyber Agency, three militants and a peace volunteer were killed and one was injured in a clash in Tirah valley on Wednesday.

Sources said that Taliban of Tariq Afridi group ambushed a patrolling party of Kukikhel peace volunteers in Dwa Thoe area, killing one of them and injuring another. The killed peace volunteer was identified as Naseer Afridi.

The Kukikhel volunteers claimed that they killed three Taliban in retaliatory firing.

A jirga of Kukikhel elders, held few weeks ago, had resolved to expel all militants from their area. The jirga had also decided to punish harbourers of militants.

In Qambarkhel area of Bara, three armed motorcyclists shot dead a member of the council of a banned militant group on Wednesday.

Sources said that Kohat Khan, a shura member of Amr Bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anil Munkir, was coming out of a mosque after offering Fajr prayers when the assailants sprayed him with bullets. He was shifted to a hospital in critical condition but could not survive.