IED blast kills two security personnel in Pakistan

Two security personnel were killed and two others were injured following an IED blast at a check post in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, sources said.

The explosives, which were planted close to the check post in Sheva tehsil of North Aaziristan District bordering Afghanistan, went off when the levies personnel reported for duty, eyewitnesses said. The deceased, identified as Ameer Zaman and Abdul Wali, were local residents, they said.