Pakistan blasts: Twin roadside explosions in northwest kill 7, leave three injured

A twin blast in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has claimed at least seven lives. The first remote-controlled explosive targeted a passenger pickup truck, and a second device detonated as injured individuals were being transported to the ho...

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An aftermath view of the area where a targeted blast took place in Pakistan (Representative Image)
Twin roadside blasts in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed at least seven people, AFP reported citing police.

"A private pickup truck carrying passengers was targeted with a remote-controlled IED... the injured were being transported to hospital in a car for emergency treatment when a second IED exploded," said Yasir Afridi, a police officer in Bannu district.

The official further informated that three people were wounded in the IED blast.
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