An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was used in the attack which targeted a police bus on Kohat University Road. — AP

KOHAT Two people, including a policeman, were killed, and nine police personnel were injured in a remote-controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast targeting a police bus at Zero Point on Kohat University Road.

Police sources say the bus was transporting detainees to Kohat prison for their case hearings in courts when it was hit by an IED.

The injured have been shifted to the KDA divisional headquarters hospital.

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