In the wake of new chill of sabotage acts in the shape of bomb blasts across the province, personnel of Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) defused two bombs, while the third one exploded, destroying a school in Peshawar on Tuesday. Pakistan Today learnt through its sources that in the first attempt of sabotage act by unknown miscreants, explosives weighing 15kgs were placed in a bag near Tatara Park in Hayatabad, Peshawar. Sources said an unknown caller had informed police about a bag full of narcotics (Charas) lying open in a park.
When police reached the spot, they found the bag and called the BDS instead of opening the bag. Personnel of BDS found 15kgs of explosives in the bag along with some narcotics. Police sources said the bomb aimed at targeting police personnel by setting up a trap through the information of drugs. On the other hand, well-placed sources said one of the two bombs planted by unknown militants targeting a primary school in Razaar tehsil of district Swabi exploded on Tuesday, resulting in destruction to the institute, while the second bomb was defused by the BDS personnel in time.
Police officials said government primary school in Murad Abad, Swabi, was the target of militants who planted two bombs inside the school building. One of the bombs went off at midnight. Police from a nearby post reached the scene and seized the unexploded bomb and defused it.