ISLAMABAD, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people including five security personnel were killed and several others injured in a remote-controlled bomb attack in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Bajaur Agency, local Urdu media reported on Sunday.
According to the reports, the blast happened at about 12:30 p.m. local time when a roadside planted bomb hit a security forces' vehicle in Loi Mamond area of Bajaur Agency, one of the seven tribal areas of the country stretching along the Pakistan-Afghan border.
"A government official and five security personnel were among the killed," said a political administration official of the agency, adding that the target of the miscreants was the security forces.
All the injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital in the area by rescue teams, said government resources.
Police and security forces as well as rescue team rushed to the blast site immediately after the bomb attack.
Security forces have cordoned off the area and kicked off a search operation in the surrounding areas for the culprits.
No group has claimed the responsibility for the the attack yet.
