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Three security men hurt in Peshawar blast
[Dawn] Three personal of Levies Force were maimed in a roadside blast here on Thursday.An official of Peshtakhara cop shoppe said that the Levies men were going to the office of Khyber Agency  political agent in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. when their vehicle was targeted with an improvised bomb. He said that three Levies personnel identified as Sameer Khan, Khan Aslam and Sher Hassan received injuries in the blast. The injured coppers were rushed to Khyber Teaching Hospital. One of them got multiple injuries, however, they were in stable, pH balanced condition. The official said that the bomb weighed about two kilograms that exploded through a remoter control. Police cordoned off the area to conduct a search operation against suspected people, he added. The official said that the Levies personnel were on duty to guard police vaccinators in parts of Khyber Agency. They were returning from the tribal region when their vehicle was targeted, he added. "They were going to Khyber House (the office of political agent in Peshawar) to report to the relevant officials," he said. In Lakki Marwat, police foiled a sabotage bid by defusing two rockets near Lucky Cement Factory in Darra Pezu town on Thursday. An official said that police and security forces were sent to the area when they were informed that two rockets were planted in Sheikh Badin Mountains to target Lucky Cement Factory. He said that the rockets were defused with the help of bomb disposal unit. He said that the three feet long and 19 kilograms heavy rockets were planted to target the factory. The official said that a search operation was launched in the area but there were no reports about any arrest till filing of this report. It is pertinent to mention here that the cement factory was attacked several times in the recent past. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-12 |
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