A suicide bomber detonated his explosive device at a government office in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province yesterday, killing one person and injuring 19 others
Peshawar: A suicide bomber detonated his explosive device at a government office in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province yesterday, killing one person and injuring 19 others.
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An injured being taken to a hospital in Peshawar. Pic/AFP
The bomber exploded his suicide vest at the Excise and Taxation Office in Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, District Police Officer Faisal Shahzad said.
Before the explosion, the bomber fired two shots, which resulted in people, about 30 to 35 in number, scampering for safe places, the Shazad said. The injured people were being shifted to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Police and security forces rushed to the site and cordoned off the area soon after the blast that occurred around noon.