PESHAWAR: Eleven laborers were killed in a militant attack in Gulmir Kot, tehsil Shawal North Waziristan.
As per details, the police spokesperson said that the bomb exploded in a van in North Waziristan which resulted in the death of 11 laborers while two others sustained injuries.
Caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Sunday condemned the attack in a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Heartbreaking to know about the terrorist attack in North Waziristan which claimed the lives of 11 innocent laborers. Strongly condemn this senseless act of violence and stand in solidarity with the families affected.
— Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (@anwaar_kakar) August 19, 2023
Security and police officials in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said a suspected improvised explosive device detonated, tearing through a truck carrying the workers to a construction project in Waziristan, near the Afghan border.
“They were working at an army post that is under construction … an IED exploded under a vehicle carrying the labourers,” deputy commissioner of North Waziristan, Rehan Khattak was quoted as saying in Reuters.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.
