BAJAUR PESHAWAR – At the very least six police officers have been martyred and 27 others wounded in a bomb explosion focusing on a police automobile in Belot Farsh space of Mamund tehsil in Bajaur district right here Monday.
Bajaur District Police Officer advised reporters that the policemen have been going to supply safety to the polio vaccination groups when a roadside bomb exploded, killing six policemen and injuring 27 others.
The policemen martyred within the blast have been recognized as Habib ur Rahim, resident of Inayat Killay, Munasib Khan of Tarkho, Muhammad Rauf Khan of Trakho Serai, Khan Muhammad, resident of Mamond and Ali Rehman.
A Rescue 1122 spokesman mentioned that the injured included Adnan, Haroon, Siraj, Wali Jan, Sahibzada, Lehaz Ali, Rehman Gul, Shahid, Zafar Khan, Ahmad, Abdul Raziq, Muhammad Israr, Jahangir, Faiz ur Rehman, Sadbar, Hafiz, Hayat Ullah, Sher Muhammad, Abdullah, Sahib, Nemat Ullah, Sher Alam, Jalil, Habib Ullah and Ameer Zada. The deceased and injured have been shifted to Khar hospital, the place an emergency was declared.
Police mentioned blood donation was sought by the hospital authorities for therapy of the victims. All of the casualties have been police personnel. Ten of the vital injured have been shifted to Peshawar whereas 12 have been underneath therapy at Bajaur Headquarters Hospital Khar. Reportedly, the banned outfit Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed duty for the roadside blast close to the Afghan border
In the meantime, the continued polio vaccination drive launched in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday has been postponed quickly in two districts of the KP province. In accordance of an announcement issued right here by Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), the polio vaccination marketing campaign has been postponed in Tank and Dera Ismail Khan districts as a result of safety considerations. The brand new date for 5-days polio vaccination for Tank district could be January 15, whereas January 22, has set for D.I.Khan district. It’s to be talked about right here that first polio vaccination drive began on January eight to cowl your entire area of KP besides Lakkir Marwat, Higher and Decrease Orakzai. The schedule for the 2nd part for Lakki Marwat, Higher and Decrease could be launched on January 15 until 19. As per particulars, a complete of seven.four million youngsters could be administered polio drops and for this, some 32,000 groups .