RECORDER REPORT

PESHAWAR: At least seven policemen and a passerby were injured when a roadside bomb hit a Rapid Response Force (RRF) van near Warsak Road on Thursday morning.

As per details, the van carrying police officials was patrolling in Darmangi Village when the bomb exploded, injuring seven cops. Police and Rescue officials arrived at the scene and shifted the injured to Lady Reading Hospital where one of them is said to be in critical condition.

The injured includes seven policemen, Wafak Ahmad, Zarshad, Akhtar Ali, Bismillah, Atif, Zahid Ali, Falak Niaz and a passerby Amjad.

According to the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) authorities, the three personnel are in critical condition. It is the third incident of terror in the provincial capital in last one week. Last Sunday, two policemen were martyred as blast hit a police mobile in Aslam Dhehri area of Peshawar.

On last Friday, militants had attacked Christian Colony near Warsak Dam in which all four attackers were killed by security forces. The official said the attackers might have been attempting to enter an adjacent security installation by exploiting weaker security arrangements in the residential area.