 [Geo News] A roadside bomb exploded in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday killing a policeman and wounding another, police officials said. The bomb targeted a police van on the outskirts of the city near a graveyard, senior police officer Abdul Ghafoor Afridi said. ŽŽThe van driver was killed and a police official was injured,ŽŽ he said. City police chief Sifat Ghayur confirmed the blast was a roadside bomb, and said they had detained six students from a religious school for questioning. Witnesses said the police van was badly damaged in the bomb blast. The van also carried tear gas canisters which exploded when the bomb hit, forcing people to flee the area. Pakistan has been hit by a series of deadly bomb blasts in recent weeks, attacks widely seen as retribution by Islamist extremists for a six-week military offensive against the Taliban in three northwestern districts. |