5 killed, 22 injured as blast hits police vehicle in NW Pakistan

STORY: 5 killed, 22 injured as blast hits police vehicle in NW Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 3, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site STORYLINE: At least five people were killed and 22 others injured when a blast went off near a police vehicle in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, police and government officials said. The vehicle was passing by a busy market when the explosion occurred in the Ponda Bazar area of Dera Ismail Khan district of the province, Deputy Commissioner Dera Ismail Khan Mansoor Arshad told Xinhua. He said at least seven policemen are among the injured, adding that police officials were targeted with an improvised explosive device planted on a motorcycle. According to eyewitnesses in the area, gunshots were also heard after the blast before rescue and police officials reached the area. The injured people were shifted to a nearby hospital, where several of them are in critical condit