Four security officials were killed on Tuesday by a remote-controlled bomb near Noruk on the Bannu-Miranshah road, Aaj news reported. According to the channel, four security officials died instantly and several others were injured. After the incident, the Miranshah-Bannu road was closed off to the public, and two helicopters were reportedly circling the area, the channel reported. Rockets fired at convoy: In a separate incident, five rockets were fired at a security forces convoy traveling from Bannu to Miranshah in the Khajorie area. Inter Services Public Relations Director General Major Gen Wahid Arshad told the channel the attack had not resulted in any casualties, but one soldier was injured.
Girls school bombed: Meanwhile, a bomb ripped through a girls school at the outskirts of district Kahi in Hangu. Threatening pamphlets demanding that all girlsÂ’ schools in the area be shut down were found at the bombed school premises, Online reported. Geo News quoted police sources as saying that the locally made bomb was planted at the Rashidabad Girls Primary School. The bomb shattered the windows and damaged the walls of the building, he said.