The policemen were on their way to polio duty when they were bombed
Five police personnel were killed and 22 injured in a bomb attack on a police truck in the northern district of Bajaur of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
An explosion occurred near a police truck going for polio security in Belot Farsh area of Tehsil Mamond.
According to the police, 5 officials were killed and 22 injured in the blast. As soon as the incident was reported, local people, security forces and rescue personnel reached the spot and shifted the injured and dead bodies to the hospital in private vehicles.
According to Rescue 1122, the condition of some of the injured is critical due to which there is a fear of increase in casualties. Emergency has been declared in Khar Hospital.
The police spokesman says that all the martyrs and injured in the blast are police officers who were on their way to polio duty when they were attacked.
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