PESHAWAR: A militant attack on a small dam in Mohmand tribal region's Halimzai area claimed the lives of three dam employees and injured seven others on Wednesday.

Security sources told Dawn.com that around a dozen militants attacked a small dam in Halimzai area of Mohmand tribal area causing damage to the installation.

The militants also set alite excavator and other machinery on the site.

As backup personnel began arriving at Gandau dam, the militants blew up their vehicle using an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).

Three persons were killed and seven others injured as a result of the blast.

The Inter Service Public Relations also confirmed that around a dozen militants attacked the dam site at 0130 hours and also kidnapped about four civilians including two engineers working on the project.

Security forces reached the site of attack and began a search operation in the area, as a probe into the incident went underway.

In another unrelated incident militants attacked a police station in Janikhel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district injuring three persons.

APP adds: Spokesman for Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mohmand Agency Umar Khalid Khurasani in a statement from unknown location claimed to have killed three persons including two engineers and the contractor and abducted two other persons from Mohmand Tribal regions's headquarters Ghalanai.