Roadside blast on FC vehicle kills three security personnel in Peshawar

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Roadside blast on FC vehicle kills three security personnel in Peshawar

APP Published November 22, 2016

A police officer inspects security forces truck after an IED blast in Peshawar. ─AFP

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At least three Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were killed and seven others were injured on Tuesday when a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) blast occurred near their vehicle in Bashirabad area of Peshawar.

Senior Superintendent Police Operations Ejaz Khan said that FC personnel were on routine patrol near Bashirabad when their vehicle was targeted with a remote controlled explosive device.

Ejaz Khan added that the bodies of deceased and the injured were transferred to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar.

"Seven injured and three dead were received by accident and emergency unit of Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) and deceased have been identified as Hanif Jamal, Yasirullah Khan and Khalid Zaid," said the spokesman of LRH.

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif strongly condemned terrorist attack on FC personnel in Peshawar and expressed deep grief over the loss of valuable lives.

“These cowardly attacks cannot shatter our unflinching resolve to eliminate terrorism and extremism from our motherland,” said a statement released by PM House, while quoting the Prime Minister.

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PHILOSOPHER (FROM JAPAN)

Nov 22, 2016 07:46pm

RIP brave soldiers of Pakistan.

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Pakistani

Nov 22, 2016 08:32pm

RIP. Security Services must be extra vigilant.The backbone of terrorism in Pakistan has been crushed but te fight is far from over.

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The end is near

Nov 22, 2016 09:05pm

Please condemning terrorist attacks and expressing grief is not the perfect solution. Pakistani nation wants a solid and effective solution of this problem. We have already lost many of our brave innocent soldiers and we have already spent billions of dollars on the war against terror but still the same thing is happening almost every month if not every week, and innocent civilians also die on regular basis in bomb blasts. Please check where is the problem and find a solution. Seal the borders with Afghanistan and erect laser security walls to stop terrorists crossing the border and entering into our country. But Please do something before another blast occurs and more lives are lost. Time is running out. Thanks

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Ravi vancouver

Nov 22, 2016 09:15pm

@The end is near All terror counter terrorism measures will not work unless religious extremism and hatred due to sectarian and religious differences are not controlled.

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Nov 22, 2016 11:15pm

Oh our poor martyrs. Her is money for your survivor and now go away, we need to get into our Mercedes with sixteen cars to protect us and its business as usual.

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