Threat averted: Bomb planted to target police defused
Police reached the site along with the BDS and defused the bomb.
Khanmahi police official Gohar Khan said he was on routine patrol at around 9.30am when an intelligence source informed him militants had planted explosives in Sur Pul area near Wali Bagh to target his vehicle. Consequently, the area was cordoned off and traffic was diverted to other routes. Police reached the site along with the BDS and defused the bomb containing three kilogrammes of explosives packed in a canister.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 4th, 2013.
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