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Rockets fired at Shakai post

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Militants fired rockets at a security post in Shakai, but nobody was injured, AP quoted an intelligence official as saying on Thursday.

According to the AP report, the attack took place on Wednesday in Shakai, South Waziristan. Militants fired 15 rockets at the post of the paramilitary Frontier Constabulary, but all landed in nearby fields, said the intelligence official. He said troops retaliated by firing rifles and machine guns, but it was not known whether the assailants had suffered any casualties.

Staff Report adds: Separately in Khyber Agency, one man was killed and another wounded in a grenade attack in the Wazir Dand area.

Sher Muhammad was sitting with a watchman late on Wednesday when some unidentified assailants hurled a hand grenade at them, killing Sher Muhammad and injuring watchman Gul Man, a resident of Jamrud. The Jamrud political administration has detained Gul Man, who was taken to Jamrud Civil Hospital, on suspicion.

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