One policeman has been killed and three others have been wounded as a result of an explosion targeting a convoy of foreign diplomats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, a media report said on Monday.
Radio Mashal quoted Swat district police officer Zahidullah Khan as saying: “The convoy was passing through the tourist spot and hill station of Malam Jabba when it was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) on Sunday.”
The police officer said one policeman succumbed to his wounds while three others were injured in the attack.
“The diplomats were travelling within a police convoy, and the lead police vehicle was impacted,” he said, adding that no diplomats were hurt.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
The convoy included ambassadors from Russia, Vietnam, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Portugal.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office said in a statement an advance scout police vehicle was hit by the IED, which resulted in the death of a policeman.
It said: “The group of diplomats has returned safely to Islamabad and expressed sympathies with the family of the deceased policeman.”
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