Man killed in Kurram IED blast

SADDA: One person was killed and three others including two women sustained injuries in a roadside blast in lower Kurram Agency on Saturday, official and tribal sources said.

The sources said that Haji Shindo Gul along with his family members was on way to Manduri Killay from his village, Baggan, to attend a wedding ceremony when their car hit an explosive device planted on the Zarana road at 7:45am. Haji Shindo Gul, his wife, son Janan and daughter-in-law were injured.

They were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Thall in Hangu district.

One of the injured, Janan, succumbed to his wounds on the way to a hospital in Peshawar. Following the incident, the officials of the political administration reached the spot and collected pieces of evidence. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the blast.

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