Two police officials and a civilian were injured were injured in the attack. —File photo

PESHAWAR A bomb was thrown into a police station in Charsadda on Thursday, wounding three people, police said.

The blast took place in Shabqadar town in Charsadda district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

'Two people riding on a motorbike hurled the explosive material into the police station, which went off with a big bang,' Karamat Shah, who is in charge of the police station, told AFP.

Two police officials and a civilian were injured, he said, adding that their condition was 'stable.'

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