Times of Islamabad

Blast reported in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Blast reported in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

*PESHAWAR: A **Blast has been reported in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.*

*At least eight people including five policemen on Wednesday got injureddue blast.*

*The blast was reported while defusing explosive material in Peshawar byPolice.*

As per details, the blast occurred in Nowshera’s area of Aza Khel Payyan,when the team was defusing the explosive material found in the area.

According to the District Police Officer (DPO) Mansoor Aman, eight peopleincluding five policemen got injured in the exercise of defusing theexplosives.

The injured were rushed to the nearby medical facility by the rescue teams.

In the month of April this year, a terrorism bid was foiled in DERA MURADJAMALI and a bomb device planted at railway track near Notal area wasdefused.

A terrorism suspect who had planted the bomb device at railway track waskilled in an exchange of fire with policemen.