Five people, including two policemen, were injured in a Friday morning blast in Peshawar, according to a police official.
“A police van was on patrol when a remote-controlled IED (improvised explosive device) exploded,” Warsak Superintendent of Police (SP) Arshad Khan told Dawn.com.
The incident occurred at around 9am, according to the police official.
“Four to five kilogrammes of explosives were used in the blast,” SP Arshad noted.
“Six to seven suspects have also been detained for investigation,” he added.
The incident is the latest in a string of attacks on police officials and checkposts, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Attacks escalated after the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke a fragile ceasefire agreement with the government in 2022 and vowed to target security forces.
On Wednesday, a head constable was martyred and a constable suffered injuries when unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade on a check post in Mayar, Lower Dir.
Last month, a constable was injured when militants attacked a police post in Peshawar’s Regi Model Town on the city’s outskirts.
