PESHAWAR: At least two blasts and gun fire was heard near the office of a political agent on Peshawar’s Bara Road whereas five persons were killed and seven others were reportedly injured.
At least two suicide attackers entered the office of the political agent where a jirga (meeting of tribal elders) was being conducted. The attackers opened fire when some prisoners were brought to the political agents office.
At least five people were killed and seven others were injured in the incident, according the Lady reading Hospital’s (LRH) media cell in-charge. The dead included three personnel of the Khasadar forces and one Line officer were killed whereas the identity of the fifth victim was not clear.
Officials talking to Reuters said they feared more casualties in the attack on the compound of top political official Muttahirzeb Khan.
Security forces sealed off the area around Bara and Mall road areas. Army personnel also reached the site of attack participated in the operation against the attackers.
A search operation was being conducted in the area to ensure it was cleared out of the attackers.
An officer of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) from the Khyber tribal region who was witness to the attack said that he had seen the bodies of one of the attackers after he had blown himself inside the office.
Police officials said that apparently there were only two attackers and that both of them were either killed or had blown themselves up.
Spokesman of the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Ehsanullah Ehsan when contacted by Dawn.com declined to comment over the incident.
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