ISLAMABAD: A roadside bomb exploded close to a convoy of overseas diplomats visiting Pakistan’s scenic Swat district within the northwest on Sunday, leaving one policeman useless and three injured.
Police officers stated the victims have been a part of the squad main the convoy of 12 international locations. They stated all of the overseas dignitaries have been unhurt.
The foreigners included ambassadors from Russia, Portugal, Iran, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Turkmenistan, Vietnam and Bosnia and Herzegovina.The diplomats have been visiting the realm on the invitation of an area chamber of commerce.
Nobody has to this point claimed accountability for the assault however officers in Islamabad stated militants related to the Pakistani Taliban are primarily accountable for violence within the area . Swat, a former stronghold of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is thought for its picturesque panorama and historic non secular websites and hosts hundreds of native and overseas vacationers every year.
“All of the ambassadors remained secure within the assault and had been shifted to a secure place earlier than their departure to Islamabad,” stated Mohammad Ali Gandapur, a senior police officer.
Pakistan’s overseas workplace stated the overseas diplomats had returned to the Pakistani capital, extending sympathies to the households of the deceased and injured policemen. It stated that the convoy was travelling to Islamabad after their journey to Malam Jabba (in Swat) when “an advance scout police car was hit by an IED which resulted in a casualty of the police element”.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s workplace condemned the assault as a “cowardly terrorist” act.
Russian Ambassador Albert Khorev’s workplace in Islamabad confirmed his presence within the convoy, saying they took half in a tourism summit in Swat.
“On the best way to the resort from the city of Mingora in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, an escort car hit a mine. A number of policemen have been injured, however diplomats weren’t harmed,” the Russian embassy posted on social media platform X.
Police officers stated the victims have been a part of the squad main the convoy of 12 international locations. They stated all of the overseas dignitaries have been unhurt.
The foreigners included ambassadors from Russia, Portugal, Iran, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Turkmenistan, Vietnam and Bosnia and Herzegovina.The diplomats have been visiting the realm on the invitation of an area chamber of commerce.
Nobody has to this point claimed accountability for the assault however officers in Islamabad stated militants related to the Pakistani Taliban are primarily accountable for violence within the area . Swat, a former stronghold of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is thought for its picturesque panorama and historic non secular websites and hosts hundreds of native and overseas vacationers every year.
“All of the ambassadors remained secure within the assault and had been shifted to a secure place earlier than their departure to Islamabad,” stated Mohammad Ali Gandapur, a senior police officer.
Pakistan’s overseas workplace stated the overseas diplomats had returned to the Pakistani capital, extending sympathies to the households of the deceased and injured policemen. It stated that the convoy was travelling to Islamabad after their journey to Malam Jabba (in Swat) when “an advance scout police car was hit by an IED which resulted in a casualty of the police element”.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s workplace condemned the assault as a “cowardly terrorist” act.
Russian Ambassador Albert Khorev’s workplace in Islamabad confirmed his presence within the convoy, saying they took half in a tourism summit in Swat.
“On the best way to the resort from the city of Mingora in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, an escort car hit a mine. A number of policemen have been injured, however diplomats weren’t harmed,” the Russian embassy posted on social media platform X.