MIRAMSHAH: Security forces shot dead two civilians for defying curfew restrictions at Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency on Monday and defused two bombs, area residents and officials said. The troops opened fire on the two men in Datakhel Adda for violating curfew, local people said, adding that they were injured and later died in the hospital.
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