Times of Islamabad

Bomb blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa targeting Police

Bomb blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa targeting Police

*PESHAWAR: Two police personnel among three people were injured in a blastnear a police vehicle in Dera Ismail Khan on Monday.*

According to the details, the police personnel were targeted in Parowatehsil area of DI Khan. Rescue officials shifted the injured to the nearbyhospitals.

DI Khan District Police Officer Saleem Riaz said that the bomb was plantedon a bicycle and added that the bomb went off when the police vehiclepassed by.

He said that two police officials including a sub-inspector and a passerbyreceived injuries.

The police officer said that the around eight kilogrammes of explosivematerial had been used in the IED that targeted the police vehicle.

Earlier, a key operative of outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) hadbeen killed in fighting with police on December 1.

Police killed a key commander of banned TTP in an operation at Gira AlamKhan in Dera Ismail Khan, local police officials had said. The slainterrorist had been identified as Hakeem Khan alias Hakeemi, officials said.

Police on an intelligence tip off launched operation against the terroristwho was hiding at a house of Alam Khan village near here, police said.