PESHAWAR: At least 13 people including six police officials were injured when their vehicle was targeted with a remote-controlled explosive device in South Waziristan.
Officials of Rescue 1122 informed that police officials were on their way to Krikot Kot area in a private vehicle when a roadside remote-controlled device went off with a big bang.
The powerful blast injured six police officials including constables Aurangzeb, Muhammad Tahir, Kamran, Noor Salam Attaullah and passersby, Sayyed Akhtar, Amanullah, Abid, Habib Jan, Noor Khatim.
Soon after the blast, rescue teams and police force reached the site and collected evidence for investigation.
The rescue workers provided first-aid to the injured and later shifted them to DHQ hospital. The police, after cordoning off the area, started an initial investigation into the incident.
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Earlier, a man was killed on the spot while three others injured in an explosion in Karikot village bazaar adjacent to Wana in South Waziristan district on Sunday.
According to local Police, the blast was reported in Karikot village market in a vehicle that killed a man and injured three others, a private news channels reported.
The man killed in the explosion has been identified as Shamsuddin s/o Malik Jamil, according to police.
The rescue officials reached the spot and rushed the injured and the body to the district headquarters hospital in Wana.
