PARACHINAR: Three persons sustained critical bullets injuries when unidentified assailants opened indiscriminate firing on a passengers van in Kurram Agency here on Wednesday.

According to political administration here, the incident occurred near Chapri check-post where the suspected militants ambushed the vehicle with automatic weapons.

The injured also include the driver. The identity of the victims could not be immediately ascertained. The outlaws managed their escape good from the scene.

The police administration and Khasadar Force rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to hospital. No group has claimed responsibility of the attack.