Suicide Blast at Peshawar Border Police HQ Kills Three Officers

Overview

• The explosion struck the Frontier Corps border police headquarters around 8:10 a.m. local time on one of Peshawar’s busiest streets.
• One attacker detonated explosives at the gate, and two others were shot dead by security forces, according to Peshawar police chief Mian Saeed.
• Three Frontier Corps personnel on gate duty were killed and four people were injured, officials said.
• Provincial police chief Zulfiqar Hameed said the immediate assault ended as investigators conducted clearance checks for secondary devices.
• An AFP journalist at the scene reported seeing the suspected bomber’s remains near a shrapnel-scarred security gate, with no group claiming responsibility so far.