Pakistan: Bajaur blast leaves two policemen dead
Khar: An explosive device went off at a checkpost in Chubtra area in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur district of Pakistan on Friday which left at least two policemen dead, media reports said on Sunday.
The sources told The News International that the terrorists had planted explosives near the checkpost which exploded when the cops reached there to perform duty.
District police Officer (DPO) Abdul Samad Khan told reporters as quoted by the newspaper that Havaldar Saeed Ahmad and Sepoy Inayatur Rahman embraced martyrdom in the explosion.
The Rescue 1122 personnel shifted the bodies of the victims to the District Headquarters Hospital.
The DPO said a search operation was launched in the area after the incident.
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