Three soldiers, three children martyred in North Waziristan suicide attack 

Miranshah: Three soldiers of the Pakistan Army and three children were martyred when a suicide bomber blew himself up in North Waziristan.

According to a statement released by the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday, a suicide blast occurred in the vicinity of Miranshah in North Waziristan, taking the lives of three soldiers and many children.

The martyred soldiers were identified as Lance Havaldar Zubair Qadir, age 33 years and a resident of Pakpatan; Sepoy Uzair Asfar, age 21 years and a resident of Haripur; Sepoy Qasim Maqsood, age 22 years and a resident of Multan.

Three innocent children who were also martyred in the suicide attack were identified as Ahmed Hassan age 11 years, Ahsan age eight years, and Anum age four years. Intelligence agencies are investigating to find out about the suicide bombers and his handlers/facilitators, the ISPR statement added.

The security forces also cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to track down the perpetrators.