At least six people were injured, including four employees of a law enforcing agency, in a bomb blast in the Landi Kotal bazaar, Khyber Agency, on Monday. According to sources, an official of the Khyber Khasadar force was repairing a pickup truck in a workshop when a bomb attached with a magnet underneath the vehicle exploded. The explosion, triggered by a remote control device, injured six people, including four security personnel identified as Subedar Samarqand, Akbar Hussain, Hameedullah, and Majeed.
They injured were rushed to Khyber Agency Headquarters Hospital, Landi Kotal. Five of them were later moved to the Peshawar Hospital for being seriously injured. Officials of the local political administration rushed to the scene, cordoned off the area and started investigations.
