At least two people, including a police constable. were killed and 17 others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast near Gulbahar Police Station on GT Road on Saturday. Condition of five of the injured was stated to be precarious. Per details, a convoy of police vehicles was heading to Peshawar from Mardan when it was targeted near Gulbahar Police Station with an IED. As a result, a police mobile and two auto rickshaws and several motorcars were damaged. Soon after the explosion, civil and police authorities rushed to the site and began rescue operations. The injured included six policemen and a woman. Police said around five kilogrammes of explosives was used in the attack. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain said, “It is yet to be confirmed whether policemen or prisoners in the mobile vehicle were target of the attack. An enquiry is underway.” Police said four prisoners were being shifted from Mardan to Peshawar Jail in the police convoy. The prisoners also sustained minor injuries. Hussain dispelled the impression that frequent terrorist acts in and around Peshawar were a result of the recent Bannu jailbreak.
