Ten Frontier Constabulary (FC) soldiers were martyred in a fierce attack carried out by terrorists on a check post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, an interior ministry’s spokesperson said on Friday.
The spokesperson detailed that the terrorists equipped with heavy weaponry targeted Zam FC check post in DI Khan’s Darazinda area under cover of darkness late Thursday night.
In response to the assault, the FC personnel courageously fought back and repulsed the terrorist attack.
However, ten soldiers sacrificed their lives to protect the check post. The martyred soldiers include six from South Waziristan and four from Karak district.
The martyrs have been identified as Naib Subedar Muhammad Jan, Naik Arif, Lance Naik Saeed-ur-Rehman, Sepoy Akhunzada, and Sepoy Hazratullah. Sepoys Mushtaq, Abdul Samad, Imran, Basir, and Mehtab.
Three FC personnel were also wounded during the exchange of fire with the attackers.
The injured soldiers, identified as Naik Hamza, Sepoy Hasan, and Sepoy Sabir Ayub, were swiftly transferred to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dera Ismail Khan.
Their condition is currently stable, and they are receiving the necessary care, state-run APP reported.
Paying tribute to the martyred soldiers, the spokesperson emphasised that the FC remained unwavering in its resolve to combat terrorism and secure peace for Pakistan.
