Restive badlands: One killed in Lower Dir blast

A mechanic named Shahid was fixing a fault when the explosion occurred, killing him on the spot.

TIMARGARA: One person was killed while four others were injured, when a bomb exploded in a van in Timergara area in Lower Dir. According to an official of the police station, unidentified persons had parked the vehicle at a workshop near Timergara bus stand for repairs. The mechanic named Shahid was fixing the fault when the explosion occurred, killing him on the spot.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 7^th, 2012.