One more injured police official from the Bajaur police van blast on Thursday succumbed to injuries at Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) here, taking the death toll to six.
According to the spokesman of LRH Muhammad Asim, a total of 11 injured in the blast were shifted to LRH, out of which three critical injured were being treated at ICU, while the rest were moved to the ward.
It is pertinent to mention here that a police van carrying police personnel for polio duty was targeted with an IED planted on a roadside in the Belot Farsh area of Tehsil Mamund, district Bajaur, on January 09.
As a result of the blast, five police personnel embraced martyrdom on the spot while 34 others, including a passerby woman, sustained injuries. The police van was damaged in the blast.
