At least three Levies personnel were martyred on Saturday after a bomb destroyed a check post in Shewa district of North Waziristan.
The attack took place in the Raghzai area of the district. Initial reports placed the number of martyred at two but a third Levies personnel succumbed to his injuries while under treatment. One other security official is injured.
The explosives were reportedly planted prior to the explosion at the check post.
The bomb exploded as the Levies personnel arrived at the check post and the martyred and injured security personnel were local residents of the area.
Earlier this month, K-P Chief Minister Mahmood Khan had announced the immediate merger of Levies and Khasadar forces into K-P police in order to bring tribal districts under the FATA-KP merger plan.
He said that 28,000 personnel of both the forces would benefit from this decision