Attempt foiled: 3kg bomb at Chamkani shrine defused
BDS officials used a water discharge gun to neutralise the bomb.
PESHAWAR:
A medium-intensity remote-controlled bomb planted inside Mian Umar Chamkani’s shrine was defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) on Friday evening.
Unidentified assailants had planted the three kilogramme bomb inside the crowded shrine where devotees gather in large numbers every Friday.
After the bomb was spotted, the building was evacuated and police called the BDS. BDS officials used a water discharge gun to neutralise the bomb.
SHO Inayatur Rehman told The Express Tribune that a mobile phone had also been found attached to the bomb, which served as a remote.
Two blasts have targeted the same shrine over the past five years, but both occurred at night and there was no loss of life. In the past, terrorists have also attacked Rehman Baba’s shrine and Panj Pir shrine in Harzar Khwani.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2012.
A medium-intensity remote-controlled bomb planted inside Mian Umar Chamkani’s shrine was defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) on Friday evening.
Unidentified assailants had planted the three kilogramme bomb inside the crowded shrine where devotees gather in large numbers every Friday.
After the bomb was spotted, the building was evacuated and police called the BDS. BDS officials used a water discharge gun to neutralise the bomb.
SHO Inayatur Rehman told The Express Tribune that a mobile phone had also been found attached to the bomb, which served as a remote.
Two blasts have targeted the same shrine over the past five years, but both occurred at night and there was no loss of life. In the past, terrorists have also attacked Rehman Baba’s shrine and Panj Pir shrine in Harzar Khwani.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2012.