Roadside attacks: Security official killed in DI Khan explosion

Police find a remote control in suicide bomber's pocket

PESHAWAR/ DI KHAN:

A security official was killed and two others injured in Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle as they were on their way to Kulachi.

A Kulachi police official said the security officials were passing through Hethala when a bomb planted on the side of a road went off, killing Subedar Khalid and injuring two others.

A similar blast in the wee hours of Friday had left seven security officials injured near the Gulbahar police station in Peshawar.

Separately, a young man was killed and a woman injured in Peshawar’s suburban Hayatabad town when a roadside bomb exploded near Bagh-e-Naran.

“A convoy of security officials was about to pass when the blast took place. They might have been the intended target,” said a policeman.

Police suspect that the man, who appeared to be in his 20s, was attempting to plant the explosive device or transporting it when the bomb went off. “We found a remote control in one of his pockets, which might have caused the accidental explosion. His body has been removed from the scene for examination,” said the police official.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 29^th, 2015.