Overview
- Police said two remote‑controlled improvised explosive devices exploded in the Marka Bera/Phang Musa Khel area, killing seven people and injuring three.
- The first device destroyed a passenger Datsun traveling from Hathi Khel to Domel and killed five occupants, and a second device detonated as rescuers transported the wounded, killing two more.
- Authorities cordoned off both scenes, collected evidence, launched search operations and said the devices appeared to be remote‑controlled IEDs.
- Local tribal elders held an emergency jirga and reported forming a lashkar (tribal militia) in response, while national and provincial leaders issued condemnations and ordered investigations.
- The attack, reported on Saturday, adds to a recent rise in militant incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and comes as officials point to active groups such as the TTP and ongoing cross‑border security tensions with Afghanistan.