MARDAN: A police constable was killed while five others were injured in a blast at a check-post near Mardan’s Chamtar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, police said.
The intensity of the blast damaged the gate of the check-post and the windows of nearby buildings.
Rescue officials rushed to the scene after receiving information about the incident, and shifted the injured and the deceased to the Mardan Medical Complex.
District Police Officer (DPO) Irfanullah Khan told local media the explosion took place at approximately 10:45am.
The DPO said unknown “terrorists” planted a device beneath a bridge adjacent to the check-post’s gate. As a result, a constable was martyred, while three other policemen and two other citizens were injured.
SP Operations Shah Mumtaz said that it was a “remote-controlled blast”, adding that the terrorists were targeting a police vehicle.
The DPO later visited the injured at the hospital and also inspected the site of the blast. Security in the area was also beefed up after the incident.
The Mardan Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) registered a case against unidentified suspects. According to the CTD, around eight to 10 kilograms of explosives were used in the blast.
