Twenty persons, including police and Frontier Constabulary personnel, were killed and 15 others injured in a suicide car blast at a police station in Bannu district on Wednesday evening, official sources said. The bomber rammed his explosive ladden car in Miryan Police Station, some 18 kilometers south-west of Bannu.
Emergency was declared in Bannu hospital as rescuers were busy in retrieving bodies from the rubble of the collapsed building. Hospital's sources confirmed 20 deaths and said about 15 injured were being treated. A nearby mosque and a girls' school were also damaged in the explosion.
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