MIRANSHAH:

At least four civilians were martyred while 14 others, including two policemen, were injured in a remotely-detonated bomb attack on a police patrol vehicle in a bustling marketplace of South Waziristan tribal district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday morning.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing, but similar attacks in the past were carried out by the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which officials claim is operating from its safe havens across the border in Afghanistan.

The police vehicle suffered partial damage in the attack, police said, adding that most of the casualties were passersby and shopkeepers. The bomb went off near the main taxi stand in Wana Bazaar during rush hours, triggering panic and chaos in the market.

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