Suspected militants ambushed a van and killed two government officials and a tribal cop in North Waziristan on Thursday, said the political administration, while two people died in a blast in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency. Two Communication and Works Department officials and Khasadar Nekmatullah were on their way to Mir Ali when four gunmen in a vehicle with tinted windows fired at their van, killing all three immediately and injuring three others. AFP reported the government officials’ van was carrying the salaries of tribal police from Miranshah to North Waziristan. AP reported that the Rs 800,000 meant for salaries was not stolen. “We cannot say for sure who attacked the government vehicle,” said an official. In Bara, political authorities said Dakhan was inspecting a bomb at home – after his neighbour Bilal found it in nearby fields – when the blast occurred, killing Dakhan and his daughter-in-law and injuring six others, including five children.