CHARSADDA: A man was killed and around 12 others injured in a blast targeting an Awami National Party’s (ANP) election office in Sardehri area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda District on Monday night.
The local leadership of the ANP said that apparently the blast was a suicide bombing as the suspicious man was gunned down when he tried to reach the target. The police however confirmed that it was a remote controlled bomb, planted on a bicycle and the person who had died in the blast was a passersby.
The ANP’s PK-17 candidate Muhammad Ahmed Khan’s election office near Sardehri Bazaar was the apparent target of the attacker who could not reach there, said a local police officer.
“The blast was carried out with a remote controlled device and was planted on a bicycle,” SHO Sardehri Police Station, Gohar Ali said.
He also confirmed that one person has died, who is believed to be a passersby while 12 others have been injured in the blast.
Gohar Ali added that around three kilograms of explosives was used to carry out the bombing.
The injured were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital, Peshawar and two critically injured were dispatched to Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital.
