PESHAWAR: At least two policemen, including a sub-inspector, were killed and three others injured in a suicide blast in northwest Pakistan‘s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday night, an official said. SSP Masood Bangash said the suicide bomber attacked a police mobile van near the cattle market on ring road in the jurisdiction of Chamkani police station in Peshawar. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemned the attack and sought a detailed report on the incident. The chief minister paid tributes to the two police personnel killed in the blast.
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Gandapur remarked that it is” a cruel and cowardly act” to attack the guardians of common life and property. He continued,” These cowardly attacks will certainly demoralize the police.” According to data released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies ( PICSS), a think tank, the number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan increased by 42 % in January 2025.
