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Two security men killed in northwest Pakistan blast

Other News Materials 15 July 2009 11:50 (UTC +04:00)

Two security men were killed and six wounded in a remote-controlled bomb attack on a police mobile in northwest Pakistan Wednesday, reported Xinhua.

The private TV channel GEO News quoted District Police Officer Bannu Iqbal Marwat as saying that unknown miscreants planted a remote-controlled bomb at the Bannu-Miranshah Road in Bannu tribal agency, and the bomb went off with a bang and hit a police mobile passing from the road.

The officer said the blast damaged the mobile and wounded eight security personnel. The injured were shifted to a district hospital where two security men succumbed to injuries.

No group has claimed responsibility of the blast.

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