BANNU: Police foil a major terrorism bid after defusing a high intensitybomb.
Police on Saturday claimed to have foiled a major terror bid in KhyberPakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Bannu city.
According to the details, the police, acting on a tip-off, recoveredexplosives-laden motorcycle parked on the Link Road in Bannu.
A bomb disposal squad (BDS ) reached the site and defused the explosivematerial, the police said and added that a four kilogram bomb was plantedin the motorcycle. Prima cards were also recovered from the bike.
The police have registered a case and launched investigations into theterror bid.
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Earlier on March 12, a bomb disposal squad (BDS) had neutralised explosivematerial recovered within the jurisdiction of the Sultan police station.
According to security sources, the explosive material had weighed 20 to 22kilogrammes. A BDS team had been called in from Sukkur to defuse the bomb,the sources had said, adding the explosive material contained nuts, boltsand mortar shells.
