ORAKZAI: An explosion in Orakzai tribal region's Spin Tall area killed at least five persons and injured another 15, according to security sources.
Security sources said that the compound of an anti-Taliban militia commander Mullah Nabi Hanafi was targetted by an explosive-laden vehicle which killed at least five persons and injured another 15.
The compund was completely destroyed in the attack and the death toll was expected to rise, the source added.
Police authorities said that six persons were killed and five others were wounded in the blast.
The details could not be independently verified as access of media is restricted in the region.
Mullah Hanafi was associated with the Tehrik-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the past but later after developing differences formed his own militant faction to fight against the TTP.
TTP militants have also targetted Hanafi's training compunds in the past.
Moreover, Hanafi is also wanted by authorities in connection witht he killing of Fareed Khan, a Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) MPA from Hangu, after an arrested accused member of his group confessed to the killing.
Orakzai is one of Pakistan’s seven semi-autonomous tribal regions in the northwest, where Pakistani Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked militants are said to have carved out strongholds.
Security officials have claimed in the past that up to 92 per cent of Orakzai has been cleared of insurgents
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