MIRAMSHAH: Five suspected militants were killed when security personnel opened fire on a car at the Saidgi checkpost in North Waziristan on Wednesday.

According to sources, the security personnel signalled the car going from Ghulam Khan towards Saidgi to stop for checking but the driver ignored it, forcing the troops to open fire.

The security forces took the bodies into custody and shifted them to the Miramshah Fort.

The sources said that security forces seized heavy weapons from the car and impounded it.

Published in Dawn, June 11th, 2015

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