MIRAMSHAH, Sept 25: Four security personnel and three children were wounded in attacks by militants on checkpoints here on Monday night.

The militants fired several rockets on checkpoints in Banda and Kamar and the forces fired back.

The four security men were wounded in a rocket attack on the Thall checkpoint which sparked an exchange of heavy gunfire and shells. Three children of a family suffered injuries when a shell hit a residential compound near the checkpoint.

A military convoy was targeted on Tuesday with three remote-controlled bombs on the Miramshah-Dattakhel road. The convoy was going from Miramshah to Dattakhel tehsil when a bomb exploded in the Boya area. Two remote-controlled devices struck the same convoy in the Dhegan and Gharlamai areas. However, no loss of life was reported.

A local man has been detained on suspicion of being involved in the convoy attack.Meanwhile, security forces handed over 16 detained tribesmen to the local political administration which released them on bail.

The tribesmen had been arrested from different parts of North Waziristan under the collective responsibility act of the Frontier Crimes Regulation. Sources said that the men were given a copy of the Holy Quran and rosary beads as gifts on release.