HANGU: A fresh attack on the Frontier Constabulary (FC) troops in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu district on Saturday afternoon left five security personnel injured.

In the latest incident, a truck carrying the FC personnel was attacked near the Doaba bridge.

The explosion – caused by a remote-controlled device planted into a motorcycle –completely destroyed the truck, an official of the Doaba police station, Muhammad Tahir told Dawn.com.

According to officials, the security forces began a search operation in the area following the attack.

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