BAJAUR: Two policemen were martyred when a remote-controlled bomb went off near a police post in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur tribal district on Friday, the police and Rescue 1122 officials said.

They said the incident occurred at about 5pm in remote Damadola area, some 14 kilometres northeast of Khar, the district headquarters.

They said the bomb exploded near the police post, killing two cops identified as Said Ahmed and Inayatur Rahmen.

District police officer Abdul Samad Khan told Dawn that the blast occurred 15 feet from the post’s main gate. He said both the policemen were going out of the post when the bomb exploded.

Mr Samad said two other policemen at the post remained unhurt.

The police officer said a contingent immediately reached the site of the explosion and launched hunt for the assailants.

Soon after the explosion, a team of Rescue 1122 rushed to the area and shifted the bodies to the District Headquarters Hospital, Khar. Later, the deceased were dispatched to their native areas.

No individual or group claimed responsibility for the attack that happened four days after a bomb targeted JUI-F senior leader and Khar tehsil council chairman Haji Said Badshah in Chinar area of Salarzai tehsil on Monday, injuring him and his two colleagues.

Published in Dawn, August 20th, 2022