Seventeen people including three women were killed and 30 others injured when a suicide bomber targeted district court's compound in tehsil Shabqadar, District Charsadda on Monday. According to District Police Officer (DPO) Suhail Khalid, the bomber exploded himself when he was intercepted by security guards at the main gate of the courts. He said the blast occurred when scores of people were present in the court premises.
Several vehicles parked in the vicinity of the courts were also damaged as a result of the explosion. The Jamatul Ahrar, a splinter group of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack. The minor injured were rushed to District Headquarters Hospital Charsadda while critically wounded were shifted to Peshawar. The security forces and police cordoned off the area and started investigation.
District Police Officer, Charsadda, Sohail Khalid said the prime target of the suicide bomber was the district court. Eight people died on the spot while six succumbed to their injuries in the hospitals. "Had the bomber entered the court's premises, the casualty figure might have been very higher," he said. Lauding the sacrifices of the martyred policemen, the DPO said the slain cops added a new chapter to the history of chivalry in the police force of KP.
Those killed in the explosion were identified as Asma, Tajalla, Gul Begum, Murad Bacha, Talha, Muhammad Afzal, Ghulam Rasool, Tahir Khan, Misal Khan, Hamdullah, Nizam Ud Din, Farhad Bacha and policemen Nasimullah Khan and Aimen Khan. The names of eight others could not be ascertained yet. Similarly, the injured were Abdul Mahboob, Aftab Hussain, Asif Khan, Atta Ullah, Basmeena, Fazal Sami, Firasat Bibi, Ghaso Wara, Haider Zaman, Imtiaz Ullah, Ishfaq, Lajbar Ali, Mushtaq, Muzamil, Nadeem, Noor Ali Gul, Rifaqat Ullah, Sadat Khan, Shabir , Shadab, Shah Jehan and Yousaf Ali.
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