Blast in Lower Dir targeting Anti Polio team
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Lower DIR: A bomb went off near a Health Department team engaged in an anti-polio vaccination drive in Arif Kele area in Lower Dir on Tuesday.
As per the details, a team of the Health Department was busy in administering anti-polio drops in Arif Kele area in Lower Dir when a bomb went off nearby.
No casualty was reported in the incident. However, following the blast anti-polio campaign in the area was stopped temporarily.
Security forces and police rushed to the site and cordoned off the area. The forces started search operation to nab those involved in the incident.
Separately, police foiled a terror bid in Bannu on Thursday and recovered hand grenades, which were defused later. The police on a tip-off conducted a search operation in a garden in Khadri Mamand Khel area of Bannu.
