Death toll rises in Peshawar grid station rocket attack

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At least seven people were killed in the early hours of Tuesday when unknown assailants fired rockets at grid station in Peshawar’s Budhberh area.

Police said assailants fired seven rockets at a 500 kilowatt grid station in Sheikh Muhammadi, causing it to catch fire.

Five bodies of WAPDA employees had been recovered from the spot while three bodies of community police personnel had also been recovered.

Four WAPDA officials are still missing and search is on for them

Moreover, the police revealed that at least seven bodies had been found in the fields after last night’s attack. The police is searching for five other missing personnel.

Almost immediately after the attack, electricity went off and the entire area plunged into darkness.

The police cordoned off the area and investigations are currently underway.

WAPDA officials announced province-wide protests against the attack as well as the closure of WAPDA’s provincial offices and a halt in operations.

5 COMMENTS

  1. surprising!!!
    No one in pakistan bothered to comment against this attack..i hope there wil be some reasons,mentioned below
    U peoples are supporters of such acts
    Used to with such situations
    No time to comment as all r busy to know when they wil explod
    Those who died r not pakis
    Those who waste no time to blame india plz reply

  2. The people who committed this attack are the biggest enemies of Pakistan… they are truely trying to disrupt and damage the country….the authorities should track them down and eliminate them…

    • your language is as aggressive as Indians because Indians use such works like pakis for Pakistanis.You seems to Indian by using fake name.

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