PESHAWAR: At least four security personnel were killed and 13 others injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in restive North Waziristan tribal region on Thursday, security sources said.
The sources said that a convoy of security forces was travelling when their vehicle was struck by a remotely-detonated bomb planted on the roadside in Spinwam area of North Waziristan tribal region.
At least four security personnel were killed and 13 others sustained injuries in the explosion, they added.
Meanwhile, Ansarul Mujahideen, a little known militant group linked to the umbrella Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was done in retaliation to the US drone strike in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu district.
