A bomb concealed in a rickshaw exploded at a bazaar in Serai Naurang, a sub-district of Lakki Marwat (a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan's northwestern province bordering Afghanistan), killing at least nine people — including two traffic police officers — and wounding 33 others on Tuesday. Authorities said most casualties were bystanders, with nearby shops and vehicles also damaged; the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistani Taliban) denied responsibility, though suspicion frequently falls on the group for such attacks. The bombing follows a suicide attack on a police post in the nearby district of Bannu just days earlier, and comes amid broader tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, with Islamabad accusing Kabul of sheltering militants behind the recent wave of violence.