Bajaur: 6 police personnel were martyred and 27 injured as a result of a bomb blast in Belot Farsh area of Tehsil Mamond of Bajaur district.
Policemen were on their way to provide security to polio vaccination teams when a roadside bomb exploded, killing six policemen and injuring 27, a Bajaur district police officer told reporters.
The policemen who were martyred in the blast have been identified as Habib-ur-Rahim Sakna Inayat Kale, Manasib Khan, a resident of Tarkho, Muhammad Rauf Khan of Tarkho Sarai, Khan Muhammad and Ali Rehman, a resident of Mamond.