Four security personnel injured as roadside bomb targets CTD vehicle in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Four people including three personnel of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) were injured in a roadside blast in Khattako Pul area on the outskirts of Peshawar Monday morning while another bomb was defused outside a school in the same city.

The police were on their way back after inspecting the site of a blast which targeted a government primary school in Baghbanan area of Urmar police station. A second bomb was found inside the school and defused successfully.



A third device was exploded by terrorists targeting a CTD vehicle in Khattako Pul area. Two policemen were slightly injured and were rushed to Lady Reading Hospital.

“Everything was pre-planned and the main target was police. The first device went off to force police to come to the area and when they reached the area, their vehicle was targeted on its way back by terrorists,” a police official said while talking to The Express Tribune.

All the four men were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) where their condition was stated to be stable. The injured were identified as Akbar Ali, Israr, Nizar Ali and a civilian Wali Rehman.

According to an official of bomb disposal unit (BDU), "Afghan Taliban and Islamic State have been on a warpath in the area, evident from the recent target killings including the high profile murder of a Afghan cleric.”

Blast outside school primary school

The main gate of Government Primary School Baghbanan was damaged in a medium intensity blast on Shamshatu Road in the jurisdiction of Urmar police station.

Speaking to The Express Tribune, a police official said around 4:50am a loud explosion occurred which damaged the main gate of the primary school for boys, causing widespread panic across the area.

There was no casualty in the attack as only the guard was present in the building.



The police was informed of the incident and reached the location after an hour. They inspected the damaged gate and school building and searched the building. During the search, another device was found planted inside. BDU was called and the device was successfully defused. Police claimed that both the devices were of 2.5 kilogramme intensity each.

Local residents, however, denied any such claim on the part of the police and insisted that the explosive device indeed exploded and damaged the main gate of the education institute.