Two injured in Peshawar IED blast
Police say bomb targeted head of a religious seminary
Rescue workers search a damaged vehicle after a roadside bomb explosion in Peshawar on January 24, 2016. PHOTO: AFP
PESHAWAR:
At least two people, including an administrator of a religious seminary, were injured on Sunday when a roadside bomb hit a vehicle at Peshawar’s Sabzi Mandi area in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
“Qari Salahuddin, head of a religious institution, and his gunman Abdul Shakoor were on their way to the seminary when a remote-controlled bomb, planted in a pushcart, went off at the Inqilab Road, causing damage to the vehicle while both the persons received wounds,” a police official, who requested not to be named, told The Express Tribune.
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Police and security personnel cordoned the area and shifted the injured to the Lady Reading Hospital.
Meanwhile, a search operation was underway to arrest the alleged perpetrators of the blast.
Incident comes days after gunmen armed with grenades and Kalashnikovs stormed the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, killing as many as 22 people while injuring over 30 others.
According to police, the militants, using the cover of thick, wintry fog, had scaled the walls of the university before entering buildings and opening fire on students and teachers in classrooms and hostels.
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Following the deadly terrorist attack on the education institution, the Army claimed to have arrested at least five facilitators.
“Five facilitators have been identified as Riaz, Noorullah, Adil, Zia and Ibrahim,” the DG ISPR said while addressing a press conference in Peshawar on Saturday.
At least two people, including an administrator of a religious seminary, were injured on Sunday when a roadside bomb hit a vehicle at Peshawar’s Sabzi Mandi area in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
“Qari Salahuddin, head of a religious institution, and his gunman Abdul Shakoor were on their way to the seminary when a remote-controlled bomb, planted in a pushcart, went off at the Inqilab Road, causing damage to the vehicle while both the persons received wounds,” a police official, who requested not to be named, told The Express Tribune.
11 killed, 31 injured in Jamrud check post blast
Police and security personnel cordoned the area and shifted the injured to the Lady Reading Hospital.
Meanwhile, a search operation was underway to arrest the alleged perpetrators of the blast.
Incident comes days after gunmen armed with grenades and Kalashnikovs stormed the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, killing as many as 22 people while injuring over 30 others.
According to police, the militants, using the cover of thick, wintry fog, had scaled the walls of the university before entering buildings and opening fire on students and teachers in classrooms and hostels.
Five facilitators behind Bacha Khan University attack arrested: DG ISPR
Following the deadly terrorist attack on the education institution, the Army claimed to have arrested at least five facilitators.
“Five facilitators have been identified as Riaz, Noorullah, Adil, Zia and Ibrahim,” the DG ISPR said while addressing a press conference in Peshawar on Saturday.