A suicide bomber has rammed a car loaded with explosives into a police station in north-west Pakistan, killing five and wounding more than two dozen people, police said.
It was the second attack in as many days against police in Hangu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that has been targeted by militants many times in recent years.
The dead included one officer and four passers-by, said Rashid Khan, the leading police official in Hangu. Most of those wounded in the attack in Doaba town on Thursday - thought to number about 30 - were also passers-by, he said.
The police tried to stop the bomber to check his car for explosives but he sped past them into the station, said Khan. The blast also damaged several nearby homes and shops.
On Wednesday, a roadside bomb struck a police patrol in Hangu, wounding six officers. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Taliban militants have regularly attacked police throughout the north-west.
Hangu is located close to Pakistan's troubled tribal region, where Taliban and al-Qaida fighters have flourished.
It was the second attack in as many days against police in Hangu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that has been targeted by militants many times in recent years.
The dead included one officer and four passers-by, said Rashid Khan, the leading police official in Hangu. Most of those wounded in the attack in Doaba town on Thursday - thought to number about 30 - were also passers-by, he said.
The police tried to stop the bomber to check his car for explosives but he sped past them into the station, said Khan. The blast also damaged several nearby homes and shops.
On Wednesday, a roadside bomb struck a police patrol in Hangu, wounding six officers. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Taliban militants have regularly attacked police throughout the north-west.
Hangu is located close to Pakistan's troubled tribal region, where Taliban and al-Qaida fighters have flourished.
