Three FC personnel killed in Pakistan's South Waziristan blast

Three Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were killed in an improvised explosives device (IED) blast in South Waziristan on Sunday night, the Inter-Services Public Relations said.

Dawn quoted sources within the political administration, as saying that the blast occurred when the security men were on a cordon and search operation on motorbikes in Khan Kot Zarmina area of Toe Khula district.

After the blast, the area was sealed by security forces and a search operation was started to arrest the perpetrators.

FC personnel have frequently been targeted in the past few months in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas.