Two people were killed and several others were left injured in various acts of violence targeting election candidates across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday.
The attacks are part of a continued series of attacks that have claimed dozens of lives across the country in attacks that are specifically aimed at those vying for a place in the assemblies through the upcoming elections.
At least 12 people had been killed on Sunday in various such attacks and the authorities seem to have no idea of how to control the spiralling violence.
On Monday, a man was killed and other injured as an Awami National Party (ANP) office came under attack in Noshewhra.
According to local police, unidentified men launched a gun attack on the election office of ANP candidate Shahid Khattak in Noshewhra.
Police said Khattak was an aspirant from PK-13 constituency.
ANP, along with the PPP and MQM, have been targets of choice of terror outfits in recent days.
In Charsadda, a man was killed and around 12 others injured in a bomb blast targeting another ANP election office in Sardehri area of the district.
The local ANP leadership said the blast appeared to be a suicide bombing, as a suspicious man was gunned down when he tried to reach the target.
Police, however, said it was a remote controlled bomb, planted on a bicycle and the person who had died in the blast was a passer-by.
ANP’s PK-17 candidate Muhammad Ahmed Khan’s election office was the target, police said.
“The blast was carried out with a remote controlled device and was planted on a bicycle,” Sardehri police station SHO said.
He confirmed that a person was killed in the attack and was believed to be a passer-by.
The attacks also continued in other parts of the province. The residence of an independent candidate was fired at in Bannu earlier in the day, however, no casualty was reported.
Police said unidentified miscreants fired shots at the residence of former MPA Malik Qasim in Bannu, causing damage to his house and an adjacent guest house.
Qasim is contesting as an independent candidate from PK-41 Karak constituency.
In Mardan a bomb exploded outside an ANP leader’s house, causing damage to the outer wall of the residence.
Some unidentified people had planted a bomb near the house of ANP leader Haji Khan Daraz Khan which exploded in the early hours of Monday.
Police reached the spot and launched a search operation.
