ISLAMABAD, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- At least three security personnel were killed and seven others injured when their convoy was attacked by militants in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, officials and local reports said.
The paramilitary troops from the Frontier Corps (FC) were on their way to somewhere when gunmen sprayed bullets on their convoy in Dosli area of the North Waziristan Agency, a semi-autonomous tribal area along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Proscribed militant organization Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attackers fled the scene after carrying out the attack. meanwhile, a heavy contingent of security forces rushed to the attack site to carry out investigations.
The forces imposed curfew in the area and kicked off a search operation to hunt down the on-the-run militants.
The injured security personnel have been shifted to a hospital in the Agency's headquarter Miran Shah where some of them are said to be in critical condition.
Number of terrorist attacks in North Waziristan, which was once a hotbed of the militants, has been decreased by 96 percent in the area following the country's armed offensive operation Zarb-i-Azb in the tribal region.
Despite the successful operation, which was launched in June 2014, the militants carry out sporadic attacks on security forces in the area.
