BAJAUR: At least five police officials were martyred and 22 were wounded Monday in a bomb explosion targeting a police vehicle in Mamund tehsil of Bajaur district.
Police said the cops were going to provide security to polio vaccination teams. More deaths were feared in the incident, they said.
The deceased and injured have been shifted to Khar hospital, where an emergency was declared, they added. Police said blood donation was sought by the hospital for treatment of the victims.
The police spokesperson said all the casualties were police personnel.
Caretaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Syed Arshad Hussain Shah condemned the blast and expressed grief over the loss of lives. He also condoled with the victims’ families.
Shah directed the district administration to immediately provide health facilities to the injured.
“Such cowardly attacks will not dampen the police’s spirit. KP Police have given numerous sacrifices for the protection of people’s lives and properties,” he said adding that the martyrs’ heirs would not be left alone and they would be assisted through every possible means.
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