At least three people were killed and several otherswounded on Tuesday in an explosion near a police vehicle in Farooq Azam chowk ofTehsil Bazaar in Pakistan’s Charsadda, (DawnNews) reported.According to district headquarters hospital personnel, more than 30 were woundedin the attack, including policemen.The Charsadda police control room confirmed that the police vehicle was attackedin the Tehsil bazaar situated on Nowshehra road.Police personnel and rescue teams immediately reached the site of the incident.District police officer Charsadda, Shafiullah Khan told that the explosive materialwas planted in a motorcycle and the police mobile van was the primary target,adding that the dead also included a shopkeeper.The injured were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital while those who were incritical condition were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar.Charsadda lies close to Pakistan’s troubled northwestern tribal region where troopshave been locked for years in deadly battles with insurgents.The city has seen attacks by militants in the past few years, with targets rangingfrom civilians to policemen and other law enforcement personnel.