At least four policemen were injured in an explosion at Domel police station in Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa late on Thursday night.
Bannu Deputy Inspector General Sajjad Khan said the blast occurred within the limits of Domel police station. He confirmed that at least four people were injured in the explosion, adding that rescue and relief operations were underway at the scene.
The nature of the explosion could not immediately be determined.
KP has been fighting terrorism since the US expulsion from Afghanistan, and terrorists often cross the border to attack police convoys and vehicles, resulting in the deaths of several officials and staff.
Last month, at least seven police personnel, including the station house officer of Shadi Khel, were martyred in an explosion near a police mobile in Lakki Marwat.
A week earlier, two policemen were killed and 15 people, including five policemen, were injured in an explosion in Rustam Bazaar area of Wana in Lower South Waziristan.
The province has witnessed a rise in terrorist attacks, accounting for the highest number of incidents in the country. Out of a total of 5,397 incidents reported last year, KP recorded 3,811, followed by Balochistan with 1,557 incidents. Only 29 incidents were reported in the rest of the country. During the year, a total of 2,597 terrorists were killed.
