Overview
- Police and hospital officials said a bomb exploded Tuesday in Sarai Naurang, Lakki Marwat, killing at least nine people and injuring about 30 to 37 others.
- Initial reports from local police indicate the device was rigged to a parked rickshaw in the busy bazaar, damaging nearby shops and vehicles.
- Two traffic officers, identified as Adil Jan and Rahatullah, and a woman were among the dead, and hospitals declared emergencies as several patients remained critical.
- No group has claimed responsibility, and investigators are collecting forensic evidence as officials say suspicion often falls on the Pakistani Taliban, or TTP.
- The attack followed Saturday’s suicide car bombing and gun assault that killed 15 police in nearby Bannu, and Pakistan’s protest to Kabul drew a public denial from the Afghan Taliban.