LAKKI MARWAT: At least seven people, including two policemen, were martyred on Tuesday in a suicide blast in the Serai Naurang tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district, police said.
Lakki Marwat district police officer’s spokesperson Qudratullah Khan, in a statement, said that at least 23 others were injured after the suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden three-wheeler loader rickshaw at the Phattak Chowk in Naurang Bazar located along the GT Road.
He identified the martyred police officials as Adil Jan and Rahatullah, adding that the bodies had been shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, while some of the injured were rushed to hospitals in Bannu.
A teenage girl and a woman were among the injured, he added.
The spokesperson added that traffic police wardens were performing duty as usual at the busy square to regulate traffic between Bannu and DI Khan.
The road is also used by transporters from Bannu and Serai Naurang to go to Punjab and Islamabad via the CPEC route.
Videos circulating on social media platforms showed several shops and three-wheelers damaged in the blast.
The police official said that a large police contingent led by deputy superintendent police Naurang Circle reached the site of the blast. The team cordoned off the area and collected evidence.
In an earlier statement, Rescue 1122 spokesperson Shahdab Khan had confirmed the blast, stating that ambulances and teams had been dispatched to the site of the incident.
He requested the public to cooperate with rescue agencies and avoid the blast site.
The development comes after at least 15 police personnel were martyred on Saturday night in a suicide attack on the Fateh Khel police post in Bannu.
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