POLICEMAN MARTYRED, SEVERAL INJURED IN ISLAMABAD SUICIDE ATTACK

ISLAMABAD: A policeman was martyred and six others, including four fellow cops, were injured in a suicide blast reported in Islamabad‘s I-10/4 sector.

Addressing the media at the blast site, Deputy Inspector General of Police Sohail Zafar Chattha said that the police spotted a “suspicious vehicle” with a man and a woman aboard in the I-10/4 area.

When the police stopped the vehicle for routine checking, the man detonated himself,” he said in a media briefing, adding that Eagle Squad cop was martyred in the blast while four others were injured.

The slain officer was identified as Head Constable Adeel Hussain.

Rescue and security services reached the site after the explosion and cordoned off the area. A further investigation into the incident has begun, said police.

The injured cops have been moved to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).