1 policeman killed, 4 injured in suicide blast in Pakistan’s capital
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least one policeman was killed and four others injured in a suicide blast in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Friday, police said.
The Islamabad police were conducting snap-checking when they signaled a suspicious vehicle to stop.
“A suicide bomber aboard the vehicle detonated himself soon after the car stopped,” the police said.
Sohail Zafar Chatta, DIG Islamabad, told reporters later that a man and a woman were aboard the car.
Islamabad has been under security alert for the last several days, following the taking over of a counter-terrorism facility in the northwestern Bannu district this week.
Security forces took control of the Parliament House earlier this week amid a security threat.
Footage aired on Geo News showed the taxi lying overturned in the middle of a road with plumes of fire wafting upwards
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the incident.
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