At least six persons were killed and 17 others injured on August 18 when a remote-controlled bomb went off near a passenger bus in the Gumadand area of Sheringal tehsil (revenue unit) in Upper Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Daily Times. According to District Police Officer (DPO) Mian Naseeb Jan, the bomb was installed in a car. Police said a double cabin bus was targeted in which four passengers died on the spot while two others injured succumbed to injures on their way to hospital. The 17 injured included three Police officials as well.
Separately, two Security Force (SFs) officials were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Laddha tehsil of North Waziristan District in the August 17-night, reports Pakistan Today.