A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of eight individuals and causing injuries to five others, according to officials.
The attacker initiated the explosion from the back of a motorbike rickshaw close to the town of Mir Ali in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, as disclosed by a local police officer to AFP on the condition of anonymity.
The incident claimed the lives of four police officers, two members of a state paramilitary force, and two civilians near the border with Afghanistan, the officer detailed.
"Among the five injured personnel, the condition of three is critical, and they have been transferred to a local military hospital," he added.
A local government official, who also chose to remain unnamed, corroborated the same casualty figures.
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