3 security personnel killed in landmine blast in northwest Pakistan

At least three security personnel were killed in a landmine blast in Pakistan's northwest tribal region of South Waziristan Agency on Monday, officials said.

Head of the local political administration, Zafarul Islam Khattak, said that the incident took place when a vehicle of the Frontier Corps (FC) was hit by a landmine blast in Zarmilan area of Wana Town in South Waziristan, the country's tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

The blast destroyed the vehicle completely and killed all three personnel on board on the spot.

The vehicle of the security personnel came under attack when they were moving from one check post to another one.

Rescue teams and personnel of security forces rushed to the site and shifted the bodies to a military hospital.

Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

Pakistan's Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan condemned the attack and sought an immediate report from the local administration about the event.

Earlier on Jan. 23 this year, at least eight FC soldiers were wounded in a remote-controlled blast on the Tank Road in Manzai area in South Waziristan.

source: Xinhua