At least four policemen were injured in an explosion at Domel police station in Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa late on Thursday evening.
Bannu Deputy Inspector General Sajjad Khan said the blast happened within the limits of Domel police station. He confirmed that at least four people were injured in the blast, adding that rescue and relief operations were underway at the site.
The nature of the explosion could not be immediately determined.
KP has been fighting terrorism since the US’s ouster from Afghanistan, with terrorists often crossing the border to target police convoys and vehicles, resulting in the deaths of several officials and personnel.
Last month, at least seven policemen, including the station house officer of Shadi Khel police station, were martyred in an explosion near a police mobile in Lakki Marwat.
A week earlier, two policemen were killed and 15 people, including five policemen, were injured in an explosion in the Rustam Bazaar area of Wana in Lower South Waziristan.
The province has witnessed an increase in terrorist attacks, accounting for the highest number of incidents in the country. Out of a total of 5,397 incidents reported last year, KP recorded 3,811, followed by Balochistan with 1,557 incidents. Only 29 incidents were reported from the rest of the country. A total of 2,597 terrorists were killed during the year.
