Policeman killed in Peshawar blast (Second Lead)

PESHAWAR - A powerful explosion near a police van in Pakistan’s Peshawar city left one policeman dead and three injured Friday, two days after horrific serial blasts in Lahore killed 35 people.

The police mobile van that was on the Ring Road in Achini Bala area on the outskirts of Peshawar was heavily damaged in the remote-controlled explosion, Dawn reported.

The wounded policemen have been rushed to a nearby hospital, sources told Xinhua.

On Wednesday, three blasts in quick succession in Lahore killed at least 35 people and wounded over 200.

The first blast occurred near Karbala Gamay Shah in Lahore’s Lower Mall area while the second and third blasts were near Bhatti Chowk, just a few paces away.

Terror group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the blasts. The group was founded in 1996 in Jhang city of Punjab province.