Volunteers search through rubble of a police station and adjacent shops after a suicide attack in Lakki Marwat.—AP

PESHAWAR: Two people were killed and 14 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden car near a police post in northwestern Pakistan late Thursday, police said.

The blast, at a checkpost near a police station in the Lakki Marwat district of troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, damaged 12 shops and seven houses, local police chief Gul Wali Khan told AFP.

Police signalled a suspect vehicle to stop and opened fire when the driver ignored the instruction, he said.

“The bomber detonated his car. Two civilians were killed when their house collapsed. It was a suicide car bomb attack.

“At least 14 people, seven of them police officials, were wounded,” he said, adding that none of them were seriously hurt and all were out of danger.

Opinion

Editorial

Enrolment drive
Updated 10 May, 2024

Enrolment drive

The authorities should implement targeted interventions to bring out-of-school children, especially girls, into the educational system.
Gwadar outrage
10 May, 2024

Gwadar outrage

JUST two days after the president, while on a visit to Balochistan, discussed the need for a political dialogue to...
Save the witness
10 May, 2024

Save the witness

THE old affliction of failed enforcement has rendered another law lifeless. Enacted over a decade ago, the Sindh...
May 9 fallout
Updated 09 May, 2024

May 9 fallout

It is important that this chapter be closed satisfactorily so that the nation can move forward.
A fresh approach?
09 May, 2024

A fresh approach?

SUCCESSIVE governments have tried to address the problems of Balochistan — particularly the province’s ...
Visa fraud
09 May, 2024

Visa fraud

THE FIA has a new task at hand: cracking down on fraudulent work visas. This was prompted by the discovery of a...