LADHA, April 19: Two people died and 25 others were injured on Friday when rockets hit the election rally of an independent candidate in Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan tribal region.

The public meeting organised by the supporters of Naseerulah Wazir, who is running for NA 41, in Mughul Khel Maidan near the scouts camp was about to start when five rockets were fired by unidentified people at around 10.30am. Two rockets hit the venue of the rally, killing two people and injuring 25 others.

The rest of the rockets landed in the nearby fields.

The dead were identified as Munawar Khan and Mohammad Nawaz. Eight of the injured were said to be in serious condition. Naseerulah Wazir has a strong position in the constituency as compared to the candidates of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and Awami National Party.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack.—Correspondent