Roadside bomb kills three Shia in Kurram

According to the Shiite News Correspondent, The residents of the area said that a pick-up vehicle, carrying passengers from Kanraki to Parachinar, hit a landmine planted by suspected militants along a roadside. As a result the vehicle was destroyed and driver Mohammad Hassan, Noor Wali and a religious scholar Maulana Rahmat Ali were martyred on the spot.

Thirteen other passengers were injured in the blast. Two of the injured were stated to be in critical condition. The injured also included a woman and children.

The locals rushed to the site of occurrence and started rescue work. The injured were taken to agency headquarters hospital in Parachinar.