4 Frontier Corps soldiers injured and martyred in terrorist attack

4 Frontier Corps soldiers injured and martyred in terrorist attack

ISLAMABAD - 4 Frontier Corps soldiers were injured and martyred in terrorist attack in Dera Ismail Khan today, media report had revealed.

Two Frontier Corps (FC) officers were martyred and two other injured by unknown militants fire on an FC convoy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan district, said police.

The incident occurred in the Bacha Abad area of the Kulachi tehsil.

According to District Police Officer (DPO) DI Khan Dilawar Bangash, the FC personnel were on their way to their check post in Loni area when "unidentified armed terrorists" attacked them near Qasim river.

"As a result two FC personnel were martyred and two sustained injuries," said DPO Bangash, adding, "A rickshaw driver also died in the attack."

The DPO said that after "responsive firing" by the personnel, the militants escaped.