Blast at Peshawar police station injures five: official

Published September 6, 2013
Pakistani policemen look at the detonated motorcycle inside Hashtnagri police station in Peshawar on Friday. – Photo courtesy Zahir Shah Sherazi
Pakistani policemen look at the detonated motorcycle inside Hashtnagri police station in Peshawar on Friday. – Photo courtesy Zahir Shah Sherazi

PESHAWAR: At least five people were injured Friday when an explosion rocked a police station in central Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.

Police Superintendent Ismail Kharak said a motorcycle packed with explosives detonated inside the Hashtnagri police station, located in the centre of the city.

The injured, which included three policemen, were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital for emergency care.

A number of vehicles parked inside the station were damaged by the blast, he added.

Kharak said investigation was underway into how the motorcycle had entered the police station.

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