Six Pak Army soldiers martyred in North Waziristan IED attack: ISPR
October 15, 2020
RAWALPINDI: At least six soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a security forces convoy in North Waziristan, Inter-Services Public Relations said Thursday.
"Terrorist IED attack on security forces convoy near Razmak, North Waziristan. Resultantly 1 officer and 5 soldiers embraced shahadat," read the statement.
The martyred were identified as:
- Capt Umar Farooq, 24 years
- Naib Subedar Riaz Ahmed, 37 years
- Naib Subedar Shakeel Azad, 44 years
- Havaldar Younas Khan, age years
- Naik Muhammad Nadeem, 37 years
- Lance Naik Asmat Ullah, 30 years
The incident comes after security forces killed two terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan on October 4.
"Security Forces conducted [an] IBO in Mir Ali, North Waziristan. [Two] hardcore terrorists [were] killed and one terrorist [was] apprehended," the military's media wing said in the statement.
Only two days prior to that, a major terrorist activity was foiled by security forces when they killed two terrorists and an improvised explosive device specialist during an IBO in North Waziristan.
According to ISPR, the terrorists were involved in killing innocent locals, extortion, and planning and executing more than 25 terrorist attacks on security forces.
