Man dies in Peshawar as grenade he was carrying explodes

Two children injured in the blast too, admitted to Lady Reading Hospital


Riaz Ahmad May 06, 2017
A pistol was also found on the man's body. PHOTO: File

PESHAWAR: A man was killed and two children were injured in the Gharibabad area of Badhaber, Peshawar on Saturday when a grenade he was carrying exploded.

Police identified the man as Alam Khan, a resident of Sheikh Muhammadi village. A pistol was also found on him.

“He was around 35 years old and lived in a rented house,” a police officer said. "No one has arrived at the police station to claim his body yet," he added.

Two die in Upper Dir as children pull pin out of live grenade

The officer speculated that Khan could have been a terrorist because he was carrying a grenade and a pistol or probably had enemies.

The policeman added that an investigation was under way.

The injured children were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital.

A day earlier, a minor and her mother died in Upper Dir when children, who had found a live grenade and brought it home thinking it was toy, pulled its pin out. Five others were injured in the ensuing explosion.

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