PESHAWAR/KOHAT, April 24: An eight-year-old Afghan boy was killed and two shopkeepers injured after a hand grenade hurled by suspected militants at a Frontier Constabulary checkpost in Bara Qadeen area of Peshawar missed the target on Tuesday.

A police source said FC personnel remained unhurt in the rocket propelled grenade attack.

He said the dead boy was Israrullah, a resident of Afghanistan, while the injured shopkeepers were Shakeel and Nooran, who were shifted to the Khyber Teaching Hospital where their condition was stable.

The source said attackers fled to Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency. He said the checkpost had been attacked by militants many times in the past.

Sarband police registered a case against unidentified attackers and began investigation.

In Kohat, Frontier Corps, Frontier Constabulary and police on Tuesday arrested 16 militants during a joint operation in the Shahoo Khel area of Hangu district.

The area is considered to be a stronghold of the banned militant outfit, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. For the operation, which lasted several hours, Saiful Drara area bordering Shahoo Khel area was sealed to stop militants from fleeing. The security forces recovered two Kalashnikovs, six rifles, one shot gun, two pistols and 170 pound of explosive materials from the arrested militants, who were later handed over to police for interrogation.

The deputy inspector general of police, Kohat region, said militants won’t be allowed to enter the settled areas from tribal parts of Kohat division for anti-social activities. He asked police of Hangu, Karak and Kohat to take strict action against troublemakers. — Dawn Report