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The militants triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near a convoy of up to 20 vehicles carrying army and Frontier Corps troops to Miranshah.
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attack The militants an Improvised Explosive Device ( IED )This data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
At least nine soldiers were killed and as many injured on September 1 when militants triggered an explosion targeting a military convoy in the Boya area of North Waziristan Agency in Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA), reports The Express Tribune. Ansarul Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attack. The militants triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near a convoy of up to 20 vehicles carrying army and Frontier Corps troops to Miranshah. The attack came barely a day after a US drone strike killed four suspected militants in the Essa Khel area, some 35 kilometres away from Miranshah.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65148-131890-334323 | 9/2/2013 | Pakistan | Nine soldiers killed in FATA |
The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.
Note: incidences are geocoded by the district centroid.
In the same newspaper clipping is further information on the events:
| Event ID | Date | Country | Act | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65148-131890-334321 | 9/2/2013 | Pakistan | attack | Bajaur |
| 65148-131890-334323 | 9/2/2013 | Pakistan | attack | Orakzai |
| 65148-131890-334324 | 9/2/2013 | Pakistan | kill | Khyber |
| 65148-131891-334325 | 9/2/2013 | Pakistan | attack | Kurram |