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PESHAWAR: Another patrolling party of the Badaber Police Station escaped a bomb attack on the Inqilab Road on Friday, police sources said.
They said militants had planted explosives on the roadside near Scheme Chowk that were triggered with a remote-control device when a police patrol car arrived at the spot. The blast damaged the vehicle but all the policemen remained unharmed.
The bomb disposal unit officials said around three kilograms of explosive was planted in a pipe and the explosion was triggered by using a remote control device. A search operation was launched in the area immediately after the explosion, but no arrests were made.
Attacks on the police in areas of Badaber and Matani Police Stations have become the order of the day. A number of hits have killed several policemen in the two areas during the last three months while many attacks were thwarted by defusing bombs in time.Superintendent of Police of the area Khurshid Khan was among the victims. He was killed along with five other cops during an attack by militants in Matani in October.
The top expert of the bomb disposal unit, Hukam Khan, was also killed during this
period in the limits of Badaber Police Station. He was defusing a bomb when another device planted nearby was triggered by the militants.
They said militants had planted explosives on the roadside near Scheme Chowk that were triggered with a remote-control device when a police patrol car arrived at the spot. The blast damaged the vehicle but all the policemen remained unharmed.
The bomb disposal unit officials said around three kilograms of explosive was planted in a pipe and the explosion was triggered by using a remote control device. A search operation was launched in the area immediately after the explosion, but no arrests were made.
Attacks on the police in areas of Badaber and Matani Police Stations have become the order of the day. A number of hits have killed several policemen in the two areas during the last three months while many attacks were thwarted by defusing bombs in time.Superintendent of Police of the area Khurshid Khan was among the victims. He was killed along with five other cops during an attack by militants in Matani in October.
The top expert of the bomb disposal unit, Hukam Khan, was also killed during this
period in the limits of Badaber Police Station. He was defusing a bomb when another device planted nearby was triggered by the militants.
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