A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of the Doaba police station in Hangu.—File photo by AP

KOHAT A police official and two civilians were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of the Doaba police station in Hangu on Saturday night.
 
According to the police, a teenager was asked to stop when he approached the police station. But, he started running towards the main gate when the guards opened fire at him and blew himself up.

Rashid, a constable working in the investigation wing, and two civilians, a pick-up driver and a cleaner were injured in the blast. They were admitted the Hangu Civil Hospital.

Senior police and military officials rushed to the scene along with the bomb disposal squad. Police said they had found the suicide bomber's legs.
 
Police cordoned off the area, but darkness hampered their search for other body parts, especially the head.

The same police station had earlier been attacked by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan after the enforcement of Sharia in Orakzai Agency and adjoining areas.

About 400 Taliban had besieged the Doaba police station in summer last year when police and security forces arrested a close aide of Baitullah Mehsud.

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