Summary Police say the explosive material was planted in a nearby motorcycle, say police.
CHARSADDA (Web Desk) - At least three people were killed and several others were injured in a blast near a police vehicle in Farooq Azam chowk of Tehsil Bazaar in Charsadda on Tuesday.
It was the second attack on police in restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in less than 10 hours and comes less than a week after the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) formally ended a ceasefire called to help peace talks.
The incident took place in the main square of Charsadda bazaar, some 30 kilometres north of Peshawar.
Charsadda police chief said the bomb was detonated by remote control as the police van passed the motorcycle on the main square.
Police personnel and rescue teams immediately reached the blast site shifted the injured to District Headquarters Hospital. Those who were in critical condition were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar.
The attack came after unidentified gunmen late Monday killed five police officers on patrol in the town of Badaber, a flashpoint for violence in the district of Peshawar.
A civilian driving a passing car was also killed, with two policemen and another civilian left wounded in the attack.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the latest attacks.
