Times of Islamabad

Bomb Disposal Squad neutralised Bomb with 20 kg explosives

Bomb Disposal Squad neutralised Bomb with 20 kg explosives

JACCOBABAD: A bomb disposal squad (BDS) neutralised explosive materialrecovered within the jurisdiction of the Sultan police station on Thursday.

According to security sources, the explosive material weighed 20 to 22kilogrammes.Ad

A BDS team was called in from Sukkur to defuse the bomb, the sources said,adding the explosive material contained nuts, bolts and morter shells.

Earlier, on Feb 18, a blast targeting a police van had martyred a policemanand wounded two others in Kalachi, DI Khan.

The police vehicle was targeted, when the policemen were on their way todischarge their duties in anti-polio campaign, the police had said.