Security personnel martyred in an IED blast
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PESHAWAR - Improvised explosive device (IED) attacks hit Chitral early Sunday morning, resulting in the martyrdom of at least one security personnel.
The first incident came at 4:45am when a primary school for boys was razed to the ground in Arandu Gol area of Chitral. The school is located within a kilometre of the Pak-Afghan border.
The militants planted two IEDs – one in the three-room school’s compound and another on the road leading to the school, a senior official told *The media.* “We received reports of a bomb going off. ”
He added that communication was limited due to the area’s remote location. A security official said no casualties had been reported so far in the school incident. This is the first time militants have targeted a school in Chitral.
In the second incident, a security personnel was martyred and another injured when an IED went off in Upper Dir’s Jungle Khel area at 8:30am. The area has been cordoned off by the security forces.