Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti on Monday narrowly escaped a terrorist attack when police seized a truck laden with 200 kilogrammes of explosives and a huge cache of arms on Taal Road near Hangu. Hoti was scheduled to pass through the area for a rally in Hangu. District Police Officer Dr Mian Saeed Ahmed said police intercepted a suspicious truck on Taal Road near Hangu and during its search, they recovered several bags of explosives weighing 200kgs and other sophisticated weapons. The DPO said police arrested two terrorists on board and shifted them to an undisclosed place for interrogation. He said the terrorists had planned to blow up the explosives-laden truck with close to the chief minister’s convoy, which was scheduled to pass through the area minutes later. Hangu, which borders the Tribal Areas, has been home to terror incidents for a decade in which hundreds of people have been killed so far.
