[Dawn] Two cut-throats were killed in a kaboom in Zakakhel Banjwal area of Khyber Agency on Sunday, sources said.They said that the cut-throats were planting a bomb under a bridge at Zakakhel Banjwal on Landi Kotal Road when it went off, killing both of them instantly. The identity of the killed cut-throats could not be ascertained immediately.
The political administration, when contacted, confirmed the incident and said that both the cut-throats were killed by their own bomb.
In Bannu, police claimed to have placed in durance vile a terrorist and recovered two improvised bombs and other material from his house on Sunday.
District Police Officer Gul Said Khan Afridi told journalists that Asghar Maluk, an explosive expert, was placed in durance vile from his house during a raid. He said that two pressure cooker bombs containing 35 and 40 kilograms explosives were recovered from the compound.