Policeman killed in NW Pakistan explosion

2021-07-30 08:05:18 GMT2021-07-30 16:05:18(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

ISLAMABAD, July 30 (Xinhua) -- At least one policeman was killed and two people injured in an explosion in the capital city Peshawar of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a rescue organization said.

The police were shifting a shopkeeper using a police van to a nearby police station upon the shopkeeper's violation of COVID-19 related guidelines when the van was hit by the explosion, Sher Gul from the non-governmental rescue organization Edhi Foundation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, told Xinhua.

The injured including a policeman were shifted to nearby hospital and the policeman is in critical condition, Gul said. Enditem

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