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Eight persons, including four policemen, were killed when a suicide bomber struck a police convoy on Friday in Mardan town of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
MARDAN: Eight people were killed and 15 others injured in a suicide attack targeted a police convoy here on Friday.
Nazim Mardan Hemayatullah told Geo News that a suicide bomber blew up himself near police convoy killing eight people including four policemen and injuring 15 others. The injured were shifted to district headquarter hospital where many reported in a critical state.
DIG Mardan Akhter Ali Shah has confirmed the attack. Police have cordoned off the area.
DPO Mardan Muhammad Iqbal told Geo News that blast occurred outside DIG house at Mardan-Malakand Road.
Interestingly, a special security force being raised for security of the VVIPs in the red zone of Islamabad is currently being trained by the US experts at Mardan, where the suicide bomber struck on Friday.
Work has been started to form new security force to protect VVIP in red zone of Islamabad.
Sources said that proposed force would work under prime minister. Initially, VVIP security force would comprise of 1200 officials. The force is under training at Mardan training center in Mardan by U.S experts.
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