Police officer killed in blast in NW Pakistan

By Islamuddin Sajid

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

At least one police officer has been killed and 13 others injured, including eight civilians, in a blast in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, local media reported.

An improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a police van in the Bannu district, Geo News, a local broadcaster reported.

Several wounded are reportedly in critical condition.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the outlawed Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has generally been involved in previous such attacks in the region.

Bannu is located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders North Waziristan Agency -- which has served as a battleground between the army and the Taliban since June 2014.

By Islamuddin Sajid

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

At least one police officer has been killed and 13 others injured, including eight civilians, in a blast in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, local media reported.

An improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a police van in the Bannu district, Geo News, a local broadcaster reported.

Several wounded are reportedly in critical condition.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the outlawed Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has generally been involved in previous such attacks in the region.

Bannu is located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders North Waziristan Agency -- which has served as a battleground between the army and the Taliban since June 2014.