Two roadside blasts in northwest Pakistan kill 7 – police

PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Twin roadside blasts killed at least seven people in Pakistan‘s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Saturday.

“A private pickup truck carrying passengers was targeted with a remote-controlled IED…,” said Yasir Afridi, a police officer in Bannu district, adding that three people were wounded.

“The injured were being transported to hospital in a car for emergency treatment when a second IED exploded,” the cop added.