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Four FC men hurt in blast

By Our Correspondent 2013-12-05
LANDI KOTAL, Dec 4: Four Frontier Corps personnel were injured when a security forces` convoy was targeted with an improvised explosive device planted along a road in Jamrud on Wednesday.

Officials said the FC convoy was on its way to Sakhi Pul area from Jamrud bazaar when an explosive device planted along the roadside at Malak Shaga area exploded.

They said four FC personnel, naib subedar Rafiq, lance naik Zabitullah, lance naik Rasul Khan and sepoy Javed received injuries while the vehicle`s front portion was also damaged.

Forces cordoned off the area and started indiscriminate firing after the blast, which injured a passerby woman.

The injured personnel were shifted to military hospital in Peshawar where doctors said they were out of danger. The woman, with minor injuries, was shifted to local civil hospital.