A Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) personnel was killed while another personnel sustained injuries in a blast when they were trying to neutralise an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Shigokas area of Lower Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on February 5, reports The Khorasan Diary. At least14 rounds of mortar shells were recovered from the Raza Gram area of Toormang Dara in Lower Dir, the explosion took place when one of the mortars was being defused.
At least four Police personnel were injured following an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack on Station House Officer (SHO) vehicle in Wana town of South Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on February 5, reports The Khorasan Diary.
Various linked encrypted channels with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) indicated that the outfit had carried out the attack on Chaudhvan Police Station of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on February 5 resulting in the death of 10 Policemen and injuries to six others. However, the TTP did not claim the responsibility of the attack.