Two soldiers martyred, three injured in NWA ambush

MIRANSHAH: Two soldiers were martyred and three others sustained bullet injuries when suspected militants ambushed a patrolling party of the security forces in the Mir Ali Tehsil of North Waziristan Agency, official sources said on Wednesday.

The sources said the security forces' personnel were on a routine patrol when the miscreants fired at them in the Eidak area in Mir Ali. The sources said two soldiers were martyred in the attack while three others were wounded. The bodies and the injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital in Bannu. The martyred soldiers were identified as Subedar Faisal and Naik Naeem while the injured included Naik Muhammad Idrees, Sepoy Muhammad Iqbal and Sepoy Azhar Ali.

Meanwhile, a heavy contingent of security forces reached the spot soon after the incident and cordoned off the area, the sources said. They added that the security forces have launched a search operation in the area, but it is unclear if any arrests were made.