PESHAWAR: A Taliban suicide bomber attacked a senior police officer in Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least one police guard and wounding six other people, officials said.
Malik Tariq, the deputy commandant of the Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) was critically wounded in the attack in Peshawar.
"The bomber was on a motorcycle and he rammed it into the vehicle of Malik Tariq who was on his way to the office," Mian Saeed, a senior police official told reporters at the scene.
"One policeman has been killed and four others wounded," Saeed said, adding that it had yet to be determined whether the bomber was wearing a suicide vest or his motorcycle was packed with explosives.
The FRP is an auxiliary force that can be called up to help the regular police in times of need.
Rana Umar Hayat, another senior police official confirmed the attack and causalities and told AFP that Tariq was in a critical condition in a government hospital.
Hayat said the vehicle was destroyed in the blast, also wounding two passersby.
A spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed the attack.
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