BANNU: The bomb disposal squad (BDS) defused 13 bombs on Thursday after the explosives were found in the Bangashkhel area on the outskirts of Bannu, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported.
A local resident informed police around 7am that some suspected militants were planting a bomb inside the girl’s primary school in Bangashkhel area, said Imran Khan, an official of the Mandan police.
Upon receiving the tip off, heavy contingents of police rushed to the site and surrounded the area, while students were warned not to come to school.
Imran said that around 9am the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) in-charge Wasal Khan along with his team rushed to the site and defused the bombs. He also searched the school building, however, no bomb was found in the building.
A police constable, who was guarding the backside of the school near the graveyard, spotted two sacks near a grave – and after inspection – found 13 bombs in the sacks, he added.
Imran quoted Wasal that two bombs weighed 10kg each and the other two bombs weighed eight kgs each, while the remaining nine were one kg each.
DND