Two policemen killed, 5 injured in Peshawar bomb attack

PESHAWAR: At least two policemen was killed while five others including three policemen were injured in bomb attack on police mobile van near Qamar Din Ghari area here on Tuesday. 

According to reports, Station House Officer (SHO), Hazrat Ali and a police constable died in the explosion which targeted the police van. Five others including three policemen were injured in the attack. The injured were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital.

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A bomb planted in a rickshaw, targeted a police patrol vehicle in the Kohat Road area of Peshawar and also damaged two other vehicles. “At least two policemen were killed and two others were wounded,” said Dr. Rahim Jan of state-run Lady Reading Hospital. Two civilians were also wounded and brought to hospital, he said.

Senior police official Tahir Ayub confirmed the attack and the death toll.

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Bomb disposal officials said the bomb weighed up to 12 kilograms. “The bomb was planted in a rickshaw parked on a roadside and was detonated remotely when police patrol vehicle arrived,” said Shafqat Malik, bomb disposal squad chief.

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Last week a suicide bomber assassinated a prominent police commander in Peshawar after he took a leading role in anti-Taliban operations in the troubled northwest.

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According to SP City Asif Iqbal, a vehicle from the Banamari police station was on routine patrol when a bomb detonated. Due to the blast sub-inspector Ali Hazrat was killed while three other officials were injured.
The injured included Shahid, Imtiaz and Mir Zali. A passerby, 12 year old Zaman too was injured by the blast.
The injured had been shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital. Two of the injured, Imtiaz and Mir Zali were said to be in critical condition.

compiled from several news sites: tribune,khybernews,newsweekpakistan

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