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The explosion took place as an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into the Karak police station, police officials said.
“Three policemen and a child were killed,” police official Gul Sadi Khan confirmed. At least 26 people were wounded, including 21 policemen, he added.
“The attacker detonated his pick-up van at the gate of the main police station in Karak,” local police chief Sajid Mohmand told AFP.
Police officials said the bombing badly damaged the building while two police vehicles were also damaged. The blast also toppled a mosque next to the police station. "We fear more people are trapped under the debris,” said Khan.
The injured have been shifted to District Headquarters Hospital. Some are listed in critical condition. Hospital sources have confirmed the death of three victims, while the number of casualties is feared to rise.
Local hospital doctor Nazrul Islam said some of the wounded were in a serious condition.
Meanwhile, another terror bid has been foiled by the Peshawar police by arresting a suicide bomber trying to enter Matni police station.
Karak is located 150 kilometres southeast of Peshawar. It lies between violence hit areas of Lakki Marwat and Kohat; this was the first suicide attack in the area.
No one claimed responsibility, but militants have targeted police, security forces and government offices in various parts of Pakistan in recent years.
It follows a clash in the nearby garrison city of Kohat on Friday in which Pakistan security forces killed 17 militants, officials said. —DawnNews/Agencies
