One killed, three injured in blast in Pakistan

Islamabad: One person was killed and three others were injured when a police van was targeted with a roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, officials said.

The incident occurred in Jahangira area of Nowshera district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

The bomb was triggered by remote control, district police chief Imtiaz Khan said.

A passer-by was killed instantly while two policemen and a child were injured, he said.

The police vehicle was damaged.

A large contingent of police cordoned off the site after the blast and launched a search operation in the area.