Sunday 2 October 2011

2 police personnel killed in Tor Ghar blast

MANSEHRA: At least two police personnel were killed and eight others injured on Saturday morning in a bomb blast in Tor Ghar district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Geo News reported.

According to sources, the blast took place when a police van was targeted with a bomb in Tor Ghar district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The remote controlled explosive that was fixed on the roadside destroyed the vehicle partially in which at least two police officials got killed on spot while eight others injured.

DCO Tor Ghar Farid Khan told media that the police van was taking 32 police personnel from Tor Ghar district to the police training center in Abbottabad city when it came under attack in Joghar area of the aforementioned district.

Rescue teams and security forces reached the site and shifted the injured to the nearby hospital.

No group or militant wing has claimed responsibility yet.

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