At least seven people were killed, and several were injured in twin roadside explosions in northwestern Pakistan, a police official has said.
The incident occurred in the Bannu district of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, which borders restive North Waziristan tribal region near Afghanistan.
The bombs were planted alongside a road. The first explosion struck a passenger van, killing five people and injuring three others, district police chief Yasir Afridi told reporters.
The second explosion occurred when locals were shifting the bodies and the injured into ambulances. At least two people were killed in the second explosion.
"A private pickup truck carrying passengers was targeted with a remote-controlled IED... the injured were being transported to the hospital in a car for emergency treatment when a second IED exploded," said Yasir Afridi, a police officer in Bannu district, adding that three people were wounded.
