Pakistan: Cop dies in blast outside Charsadda police station
Islamabad: A Pakistani police official died after an improvised explosive device blast outside a police station in Charsadda district on Friday, media reports said.
The blast left another cop hurt.
A roadside explosion injured four people in Bajaur tribal district on the same day.
The local police and residents told Dawn that an IED planted near the outside boundary wall of the Nesata police station went off in the afternoon, immediately killing police constable Rahim Shah and injuring another.
The injured person was shifted to district headquarters hospital.
The blast damaged a portion of the boundary wall and the main gate, reports Dawn News.
Police immediately cordoned off the area.
No group has claimed responsibility for the incident so far.
The police registered an FIR against unidentified miscreants and began investigation into the matter.
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