DERA ISMAIL KHAN:
A bomb blast targeting police killed five people in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, rescue and police officials said.
The bomb exploded close to the route of a police patrol in the city, said police official Mohammad Adnan, adding that it was not immediately clear if the incident was the result of a suicide attack or a bomb planted nearby.
Five people were killed and 21 injured in the blast, said rescue official Aizaz Mehmood, but he was not able to provide a break-up of police and civilians.
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