Close call: Terror bid foiled in Charsadda
CHARSADDA:
Police in Charsadda foiled a terror bid on Saturday and defused a 14kg suicide jacket as well as a separate three-kilogramme bomb attached to a timer. DPO Shafiullah said at a press briefing on Saturday the force received a tip-off about a huge cache of explosives hidden along the Swat River bank in Khyali. Prang police searched the area and found some suspicious looking bags. The bomb disposal unit was called in; they found the explosives and defused them. The DPO awarded an appreciation certificate to Prang SHO Ghafirullah and his staff.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 17th, 2015.
Police in Charsadda foiled a terror bid on Saturday and defused a 14kg suicide jacket as well as a separate three-kilogramme bomb attached to a timer. DPO Shafiullah said at a press briefing on Saturday the force received a tip-off about a huge cache of explosives hidden along the Swat River bank in Khyali. Prang police searched the area and found some suspicious looking bags. The bomb disposal unit was called in; they found the explosives and defused them. The DPO awarded an appreciation certificate to Prang SHO Ghafirullah and his staff.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 17th, 2015.