Peshawar blast: One policeman killed, another injured in roadside blast

A police party on routine patrolling was targeted by the roadside blast.

PESHAWAR: A community police personnel was killed and a policeman sustained serious injuries after a bomb exploded on Charsadda Road near Garhi Sobat Khan in Peshawar on Monday evening.

Police officials talking to The Expess Tribune said that a police party, mix of regular police and community police personnel, were on a routine patrol within the remits of Khazana Police Station when they came under a bomb attack which injured two police men.

One of the injured was identified as Javed. They were rushed to the hospital where Javed succumbed to his injuries.

DSP Riazul Islam told The Express Tribune that it was a powerful bomb attack which targeted a police patrol. “Gulzar and Javed are among the injured men. Javed is a community police personnel, who was hired on a two year contract,” he explained.

Islam said that the entire area has been cordoned off and a search operation is underway in the area.

“Javed expired in the hospital while the other injured is out of danger now,” said the DSP.

Earlier on April 16,  a six year old student was killed, while another one was injured when unidentified miscreants threw a hand grenade into a school in the Chargo Kalay area of Peshawar.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Peshawar has been regularly targeted by militants, attacking schools and tribal leaders for supporting the government in quashing militancy in the province.