PAKISTAN: At least three people were killed and 13 others, including three police personnel, injured in a bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, police said.
District Police Officer Tahir Shah said the improvised explosive device (IED) blast occurred close to a police patrol vehicle near a taxi stand in Wana tehsil in South Waziristan district.
At least two people were killed on the spot and another succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. Tahir said security forces have been deployed in the area following the blast and subsequent firing.
The injured were shifted to Wana Headquarters Hospital.
Pakistan has seen a sharp rise in terrorist attacks, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, since the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) called off its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.