A minor boy was martyred and seven other children were injured when militants based in Afghanistan fired rockets into Pakistan’s Lagharai Sector and Sarakai Top in Bajaur. 

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), media wing of the Pakistan Army, the terrorists operating from Afghanistan fired five rockets into Pakistan’s border areas Thursday afternoon. 

The five-year-old boy who was martyred in the rocket attack belonged to the Mamund area in Bajaur. A girl was also among the seven children who were injured.