NOWSHERA: At least seven people including three police personnel were killed and 20 others injured in a suicide explosion outside the residence of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar.It should be mentioned here that the Information Minister’s son Mian Rashid Hussain was killed on Saturday, who was laid to rest yesterday.
According to sources, there were people at his residence in his native Pabbi area of Khan Sher Gharhi at the time of blast to offer condolences to the minister. However, the minister and his family remained unhurt in the attack.
A suicide bomber tried to force into the house; on the occasion following the burial of Mian Rashid Sunday, heavy contingents of police were deployed to fend off any potential threat to law and order.
On being intercepted by a police personnel, the bomber blew him up killing several on the spot and injuring many others.
The injured have been a local hospital in Pabbi and some of them are being transported to Lady Reading Hospital.
Police officials said a suspected car is also found near the house of Mian Iftikhar. Bomb disposal squad has been called for the checking of the car.
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