ISLAMABAD, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- At least eight persons were injured in a bomb blast that hit a police vehicle in Bannu district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, police said.

Local police said that a roadside bomb explosion hit the vehicle during its patrol in Sorangi area of the district, leaving eight people wounded.

Following the incident, police, security forces and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital.

Police added that one police officer and four constables were among the persons who sustained injuries in the blast.

According to the bomb disposal squad, an improvised explosive device was planted on the roadside, and it was detonated with a remote-controlled device.

Security forces and police had cordoned off the area and started searching for perpetrators.

No group claimed the attack yet. Enditem

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