| Three policemen were killed and six injured in two bomb blasts in Peshawar and Bannu districts, police said on Thursday. Unidentified men blew up a police checkpost near Jabba Mosque on Pejaji Road in the Mathra police station precincts. A police constable, identified as Asif Khan, was killed in the attack, a police official in Peshawar told Daily Times. He said the explosives were planted near the checkpost's wall and were detonated through a remote control around 4am. Senior police official Jamilur Rehman said the attack could be a reaction to the ongoing military operation in Khyber Agency. He said security had been beefed up in the area and all entry and exit points were being monitored. Meanwhile, two policemen - Abbas Ali Khan and Muhammad Ali Khan - were killed and six injured when a bomb being defused by officials of the Bannu Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) exploded. Three of the injured in the attack, which occurred in the limits of Hoveed police station, were in critical condition. Police official Muhammad Nazir told Daily Times the bomb went off at around 10am. |