Suicide attack in Mohmand Agency kills five

MOHMAND AGENCY: At least fivepeople, including threesecurity forces personnelwere martyred, while many others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself at the main gate of Mohmand Agency headquarters, Ghallanai, Wednesday morning.

According to Inter Services Public Relations, two suicide bombers were on a motorbike – one blew himself up while the other was killed by firing of security forces.

A school teacher and a passerby where also killedin the suicide attack.

The main gate of the headquarters, as well as shops in the area, have been closed.

Sometime later, anothersuicide attacker struck in Mosal Kor area of the Mohmand Agency.

The attacker detonated the explosive device attached to him when security force personnel tried to apprehend him. The suicide attacker was trying to enter the office of the political agent.

A search operation is currently underway in the affected area.

In November 2016, two FC personnel were martyred while four terrorists were killed when a suicide attack was foiled at Ghallanai camp, ISPR had confirmed.

Before that, in September 2016, at least 36 people were killed when an explosion took place at a mosque in Anbar tehsil of the agency.

Mohmand, one of the agenciesof the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, has been a hotbed of violence during the war on terror, despite a military operation in 2009.

Earlier version of this article gave the incorrect death toll. The mistake has been rectified.