A local tribesman was injured in Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted by unknown persons at road side, in Ashraf Khel area of tehsil Landi Kotal, tribal Khyber Agency on Friday. The political administration official while confirming the incident said that one, Wali Mohammad s/o Asraf Khan was on his way to bazaar from home in his car no.B-1077, when he was struck by road side planted bomb, concealed in raw mud.
The intensity of the explosive could be imagined of the fact that the car split in two parts and the engine of the vehicle threw meters away from the incident site, locals said. Resultantly, Wali Mohammad got seriously injured and was shifted to Landi Kotal hospital where from he was referred to Peshawar health hospital due to precarious condition.