Blast in Pakistan kills 5 policemen, child

Peshawar: At least five policemen and a child were today killed in a bomb blast that targeted a security van in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. According to police, the blast occurred near a police mobile in Sardheri Bazar area of Charsadda that killed six persons. [caption id=“attachment_1352991” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. AFP.[/caption] Six others including two policemen were also injured in the explosion. Initial investigation said that militants had fixed explosives in a bicycle that went off when the police mobile crossed the area. The police officers were on their way to provide security to a polio team. Meanwhile, security forces reached the spot and cordoned off the area and started investigation. Rescue teams shifted the bodies and injured to the hospital. Four anti-polio workers were yesterday killed in attacks carried out in various parts of Pakistan including two women in Karachi who were carrying out the vaccination programme. PTI