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Bomb blast kills 5 Pakistani policemen
At least five policemen have been killed and twenty others sustained wounds when a remote-controlled bomb went off in Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Press TV reports.
The incident took place on Saturday near a police van in Toor Ghar area of the town of Mansehra.
The policemen, recently recruited, were heading to a training center.
No group has taken responsibility for the attack.
Security forces cordoned off the area and the injured were shifted to a local hospital.
The death toll is expected to rise as some of the wounded are said to be in critical conditions.
Violence has been on the rise in northwestern parts of Pakistan where the government has launched an offensive against pro-Taliban militants.
At least 35 militants were killed and several others injured when Pakistani security forces pounded militants' hideouts in the Herkai area of the lower Dir tribal region in northwest of the country.
The deadly clashes erupted after militants attacked a security checkpoint in the area.
Despite the offensive by the Pakistani government, militants have spread their influence in various regions, killing hundreds of people and security forces in Pakistan.
PressTV - Bomb blast kills 5 Pakistani policemen