Three FC personnel martyred in IED blast in Peshawar
The explosion took place in Bashirabad area of Peshawar.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – At least three Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel embraced martyrdom and five others were injured in a roadside bomb blast in the volatile northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday morning.
"The IED (improvised explosive device) was planted along the roadside and exploded as the FC truck passed by," said Mohammad Sajjad Khan, a senior police official in Peshawar.
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A rickshaw parked on the roadside was also damaged in the blast
Police and bomb disposal squad immediately arrived at the scene and cordoned off the area.
The bodies and injured persons were shifted to nearby hospitals.
Peshawar sits on the edge of Pakistan’s lawless tribal region that was home to the Taliban and al-Qaida-linked Islamic groups. Overall levels of militant-linked violence have fallen since the Pak Army launched an operation in 2014 to wipe out militant bases in the tribal districts and end an insurgency that has cost thousands of civilian lives since 2004.
Earlier on Saturday, three paramilitary soldiers and a policeman were killed when gunmen opened fire in southwestern city of Quetta.
