Peshawar, May 10 -- At least three policemen were killed and several others injured on Saturday, May 9, in a suicide bomb attack at a police station, followed by gunfire between security personnel and militants in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.

The security forces frustrated a major suicide attack on a Police Station in restive Bannu district and destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle before it could reach its target, a police official said.

Initial reports suggest that several civilian houses in the vicinity suffered heavy damage due to the blast, while the roofs of multiple homes collapsed.

A large number of militants attacked the police station after the blast, triggering heavy gunfire. At least three po...