Peshawar: One FC personnel martyred, several injured in an IED blast on FC vehicle in Peshawar.
At least one Frontier Corps (FC) personnel was martyred Monday after a blast targeted a security forces’ vehicle on Peshawar’s Warsak Road today, police and rescue officials said.
Warsak Superintendent of Police Arshad Khan confirmed that it was an improvised explosive device (IED) blast.
The explosion, according to the spokesperson of Rescue 1122, has left six FC personnel and three civilians injured.
Two injured FC personnel are said to be in critical condition, according to the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) administration.
The spokesperson added that the injured security personnel and civilians of the blast were brought to LRH, the hospital’s administration confirmed.
Earlier, the Peshawar Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Syed Ashfaq Anwar said the explosion did not appear to be a suicide bombing at the initial stage. He said there is a possibility of explosives being planted along the roadside.
The Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) teams were gathering forensic evidence from the attack site, the CCPO said.
Warsak SP said five kilograms of explosive was used in the IED attack.
“The FC vehicles were coming towards Warsak Road from Machni,” he said, adding that five suspects have so far been arrested, as the investigation into the attack begins.
CCPO Anwar conducted an inspection of the blast site and initiated investigations after reviewing the evidence.
According to a preliminary probe, the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED), he mentioned, adding that the nature of the blast will be ascertained once a report by the BDU is available.
The CCPO added that strict monitoring of both internal and external routes in the city has been initiated, emphasising that elements hostile to the country’s interests will not be allowed to succeed in their nefarious objectives.
He maintained that security agencies are actively collaborating in the fight against terrorism to establish peace and security.
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