ISLAMABAD, Oct 21 (NNN-APP) – Four people were killed in an explosion, targeting law enforcement agencies in Bajaur tribal district of Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province last night, the district’s police chief said.
Those killed included two policemen and two personnel from the paramilitary troops Frontier Corps (FC), who were investigating another blast that happened in the afternoon in the area, District Police Officer, Abdul Samad Khan said.
“In the afternoon blast, some elders from the area were injured, when their vehicle was attacked near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. When the police and FC reached the area to investigate, the second blast happened, leaving the four killed on the spot,” he said.
He said that, both attacks were launched by improvised explosive devices, fixed and hidden in the grass near the roadside.
“A joint investigation and a search operation by the police and FC are underway in the area, and we will be able to trace and nab the fleeing militants soon,” he added.
No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
Once a hotbed of militancy, the tribal districts of the country, including Bajaur, started to see peace, following extensive operations by the Pakistani military to flush out the militants and eliminate their sanctuaries from the area.– NNN-APP
