Security personnel investigate at the site of a suicide attack in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Dec. 23, 2022. A policeman was killed and five others including three policemen injured in a suicide attack here on Friday morning, Islamabad police said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- A policeman was killed and five others including three policemen injured in a suicide attack here on Friday morning, Islamabad police said in a statement.
The incident happened in sector I/10-4 area of Pakistan's capital Islamabad where a suicide bomber driving a car blew himself up after being stopped by the police for checking, the statement said.
Security in the capital was on high alert, as all suspicious vehicles were being checked, the statement added.
Deputy inspector general of police Sohail Zafar Chattha told media that there were a man and a woman in the vehicle when the explosion happened.
The injured were shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for treatment, said police sources. ■
Security personnel cordon off the site after a suicide attack in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Dec. 23, 2022.
A policeman was killed and five others including three policemen injured in a suicide attack here on Friday morning, Islamabad police said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
Security personnel investigate at the site of a suicide attack in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Dec. 23, 2022.
A policeman was killed and five others including three policemen injured in a suicide attack here on Friday morning, Islamabad police said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
A member of security personnel investigates at the site of a suicide attack in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Dec. 23, 2022.
A policeman was killed and five others including three policemen injured in a suicide attack here on Friday morning, Islamabad police said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
A member of security personnel investigates at the site of a suicide attack in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Dec. 23, 2022.
A policeman was killed and five others including three policemen injured in a suicide attack here on Friday morning, Islamabad police said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
Security personnel investigate at the site of a suicide attack in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Dec. 23, 2022.
A policeman was killed and five others including three policemen injured in a suicide attack here on Friday morning, Islamabad police said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
A police car is damaged in a suicide attack in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Dec. 23, 2022.
A policeman was killed and five others including three policemen injured in a suicide attack here on Friday morning, Islamabad police said in a statement. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
