PESHAWAR - THREE people including two paramilitary soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb blast in north-west Pakistan's tribal district of Orakzai on Saturday, officials said.
An improvised explosive device planted by militants went off in the town of Ibrahimzai during a routine patrol by paramilitary soldiers, a security official said.
'Two soldiers and one civilian were killed in the blast,' Abdul Qadir, a local administration official, told AFP.
Seven other people - one soldier and six civilians - were wounded in the explosion near the bazaar in Ibrahimzai, he said.
A military official in the provincial capital Peshawar confirmed the incident, saying the wounded had been taken to the local hospital.
Orakzai is one of the most lawless areas in Pakistan's north-west tribal region, which is made up of seven rugged districts near the Afghan border. -- AFP
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