Militants kill 5 Pakistani security men
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad,March 17,IRNA -- Suspected militants attacked a checkpoint in a tribal region early Wednesday and killed security personnel, police said.
Armed militants fired with automatic weapons at the post Bara area of Khyber Agency and fled, they said.
Three paramilitary soldiers and two policemen were killed and several injured.
The security personnel returned fire, which prompted exchange of fire but no one was killed from the militants.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Witnesses said that blaze erupted in the checkpoint after the attack.
Several militant groups including the Tehrik Taliban Pakistan, are active in Khyber agency and they regularly attack security forces. The security forces conducted major operation against a militant group 'Lashkar-e-Islam' in the region last year and expelled most of them from Bara area.
Oil tankers and trucks carrying supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan also come under attack in Khyber agency.
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End News / IRNA / News Code 1018345
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