Pak Army Captain among 6 martyred in North Waziristan IED attack: ISPR

Pak Army Captain among 6 martyred in North Waziristan IED attack: ISPR

Rawalpindi (Web Desk): Six Pakistan army personnel, including one officer embraced martyrdom in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a security forces convoy near Razmak in North Wazirstan district, the military’s media wing said on Thursday.

According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), those who embraced martyrdom included Captain Umar Farooq, Naib Subedar Riaz Ahmed, Naib Subedar Shakeel Azad, Havaldar Younas Khan, Naik Muhammad Nadeem and Lance Naik Asmat Ullah.

The incident comes four days after two soldiers were martyred and three others sustained injuries in an attack on a security post in Shawal valley of North Waziristan.