3 killed, five injured in mortar shell strike in South Waziristan — Pajhwok

KABUL (Pajhwok): Three members of a family have been killed and at least five others injured after a mortar shell hit a house in South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The incident occurred in the Toi Khula area of South Waziristan, Dawn reported. Women and children were among the dead and injured. The injured were taken to Wana Central Hospital for treatment, the report said. Police provided the casualty figures, but the direction from which the mortar shell was fired and the circumstances of the incident have not been independently verified.