Pakistan, Jan. 13 -- At least seven police personnel, including a station house officer, were martyred on Monday when a police armored personnel carrier (APC) was hit by a powerful blast in the Gomal area of Tank district.

According to police spokesman, the explosive device exploded near Kot Wali Canal on Gomal-Jatta Road when the APC mobile of Gomal police station was on routine duty.

The martyrs were identified as Gomal Police Station SHO Ishaq Khan, Sub-Inspector Sher Aslam Khan, Constable Abdul Majeed, Constable Arshad Ali (Elite Force), Constable Hazrat Ali, Constable Allah Khan, and Constable Ehsanullah.

The bodies of the martyrs were shifted to the hospital, where legal formalities, including post-mortems, were completed under t...