09 September 2016

News Story: 8 injured in NW Pakistan explosion

ISLAMABAD, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people including seven cops were injured when a bomb went off near a police vehicle in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city on Thursday, local Urdu media reported.

Express TV reported that the personnel from the Rapid Response Force (RRF) were on routine patrolling on their van when it was hit by the bomb at Warsak Road area of Peshawar, the capital city of the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Police said that some unknown militants blew up the roadside planted bomb with a remote controlled device and fled the scene.

The injured people were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital where one of them is said to be in critical condition.

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