A 13-year-old suicide bomber blew himself up, killing no one but himself in the process, while security personnel shot and killed one of his colleagues in Mohmand Agency on Tuesday morning. “One suicide bomber blew himself up at the Frontier Constabulary (FC)’s Khapakh post in Mohmand Agency at 10.30am,” said a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).Security officials at the post and civilians in the vicinity remained unhurt in the bungled attack, whilst paramilitary troops shot and killed one of the suicide bombers’ colleagues and arrested another, the statement added.
Witnesses and officials said the three would-be assailants, including the teenage bomber, arrived in a Land Cruiser from the Khwezai area.
FC troops flagged down their vehicle for a routine search. As two of the three passengers stepped out of the vehicle, the teenager in the car detonated the explosives strapped to his body, they said. Troops captured one of the passengers and shot the other as he tried to flee, they added.
Officials said one of the assailants had been identified as a Swabi resident, Nadir, son of Musafir, while the other two hailed from Waziristan. Doctors at Ghalanai Hospital, where the two dead bodies were taken, said the suicide bomber was a 13-year-old boy. The arrested person has been shifted to Peshawar, officials said.