Police said the bomb, weighing three kilogrammes, was hidden in rocks placed near a bridge on the GT Road. The bomb exploded when a police mobile reached the site.
“The police mobiles were on a routine patrol from Nowshera to Pabbi when the attack occurred at about 4:30pm. It was a remote-controlled bomb, placed under some rocks along the road,” DSP Shahjehan Khan told The Express Tribune.
He said an ASI and a constable were injured while the vehicle was partially damaged.
Another police official said that the injured policemen have been taken to Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital.
LRH Medical Superintendent Dr Rahim Jan Afridi told The Express Tribune that Riaz, 32, and Rizwan, 38, had been admitted and their injuries were minor.
“Riaz was injured by ball bearings in the chest while Rizwan was wounded in his left leg. But both of them are in a stable condition and will soon be discharged,” he said.
The area was immediately cordoned off but so far arrests have been made.
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IEDs are a major reason why these blasts are carried out without such ease. First of all there should be a debate on how to control this menace of IEDs. Secondly, the important step would be to negotiate with these people and bring them on common terms and back into the mainstream.
I dont know when this war on terror will end. Authorities should try to stop the making of improvised explosive devises so that these bomb blasts could be condemned.