At least five people, including two police personnel, have been injured in a kaboom at the Warsak Road in the Pir Bala area, police told Geo News on Friday.According to the police, the target of the blast was a police vehicle.
Warsak Road Superintendent of Police (SP) Arshad Khan said that the police vehicle has been damaged in the wake of the "remote-controlled" blast.
"Explosives were planted in a cement block," said the policeman, adding that the explosives used in the remote controlled blast weighed five kilograms.
The five people injured in the earth-shattering kaboom have shifted to the hospital, Rescue 1122 officials told Geo News.
The spokesperson of Lady Reading Hospital Muhammad Asim said that five injured were brought to the facility which include two coppers and three civilians.
The condition of the injured, the spokesperson added, is out of danger and they are being provided medical aid.
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Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has sought a report on the blast, directing authorities to provide best medical aid to the injured.