Five die in North Waziristan targeted attacks.

MIRAMSHAH -- Targeted killings continue in North Waziristan tribal district as five more people were killed in two firing incidents during the night between Monday and Tuesday, police said.

The first incident was reported from the Tapai area near Miramshah where attackers opened fire on a motorcycle, killing two people.

In the other incident, gunmen fired at another moving motorcycle in the Shewa area and killed three people.

Bodies of the victims of the first attack were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in Miramshah and those of three people slain in the second incident to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Mirali.

The rise in targeted killing of civilians and attacks on security forces in North Waziristan and South Waziristan districts have created fear among the local population.

A prominent leader of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement, Arif Wazir, was killed in an attack near Wana on May 2.

Ten personnel of security forces were martyred in North Waziristan district in April alone while six suffered injuries in attacks and clashes with militants.

The law enforcement agencies are yet to arrest target killers.

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