NOSHEHRA: At least five people including three police personnel were killed and ten others injured in a powerful explosion outside the residence of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikha.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 initial report, the blast is being said to be suicidal.
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 was not present there at the time. He was receiving condolences from the people at a Degree College in the area. Fateha Khawni was arranged for women at home.
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.
The blast destroyed at least three to four nearby shops.
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