Summary Police van was completely destroyed in the blast.
CHARSADDA (Web Desk) – Six police officers and a child were killed in a roadside blast in Charsadda on Wednesday morning, Dunya News reported.
According to initial details, the explosion targeted a police van in Sardheri Bazaar area. The policemen were on their way for polio team’s security.
The remote-controlled bomb was planted in a bicycle, police said.
Security forces have cordoned off the area, while at least seven injured were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital.
ESCALATION IN TERROR ATTACKS
The incident came a day after 24 pilgrims returning from Iran were killed and 31 others wounded when a bomb hit a bus in the southwest Pakistan province of Balochistan.
The attack took place at Dringhar village on the Pakistan-Iran highway some 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of Quetta.
On Monday, a TTP suicide bomber killed 13 people including eight soldiers and three children in a market next to Pakistan s military headquarters.
A further 29 people were wounded in the blast which tore through RA bazaar in Rawalpindi, Islamabad s twin city, only 15 metres (50 feet) from the army s General Headquarters, at around 7.50 am (0250 GMT).
On Sunday, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) killed 26 soldiers and wounded at least 25 others in a suicide bombing in the northwestern town of Bannu.
These attacks mark a sharp upturn in violence from the TTP after a period of relative quiet following the death of their leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike in November.
In claiming the Bannu attack on Sunday, the TTP threatened to carry out more strikes, saying they wanted revenge for the deaths of Mehsud and deputy Waliur Rehman -- both killed in US drone attacks.
The TTP have been waging a bloody campaign against the Pakistani state since 2007, carrying out countless bomb and gun attacks, often on military targets.
