3 children killed in motorcycle bomb blast in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A bomb planted in a motorcycle exploded outside the home of Saddam Hussain in the Ghwa Khwa area of Lower South Waziristan, late Wednesday. The blast killed three children — Shah Hussain (15), Sanaya Bibi (7) and Soreen Bibi (8) — and injured two others who were taken to Headquarters Hospital Wana for treatment. Police sealed off the area and launched an investigation. An unidentified individual had reportedly parked the motorcycle outside Saddam Hussain's home shortly before the explosion.

Three children were injured after militants carried out a drone attack on a cricket ground in the Mamond area of Bajaur district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Officials said the attackers used a quadcopter drone to target people on the ground. The injured children were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Officials said the attackers belonged to Fitna al-Khawarij, a term used by the Pakistani state for Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

In February, over a dozen people were killed in bomb attacks and a gun battle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Eleven security personnel and a child were killed in Bajaur district after an explosives-laden vehicle hit a security checkpoint, with seven others injured. Two people were killed and at least 17 injured when explosives attached to a parked motorcycle exploded near a police station in Bannu district. Reports said a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into the wall of a religious seminary in Bajaur; security officials said police and Frontier Corps personnel inside the seminary were killed. Police official Zafar Khan said the blast caused a nearby building to collapse, killing a girl.