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| ANP candidate escapes bomb attack |
| 2013-04-12 |
| PESHAWAR: Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa agriculture minister and ANP candidate Arbab Ayub Jan escaped a remote-controlled bomb attack in Peshawar on Thursday night. Police officials said the former provincial minister was returning from an election rally when his car was targeted near Tarnab farms. His driver has been injured in the attack, they added. Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Liaqat Ali Khan told the media that the bomb was planted on a bicycle, which destroyed the car. He said the minister remained safe, however his driver Nawaz was injured. Abdul Haq, a bomb disposal squad official, said that about two to three kilogrammes of explosives had been used to carry out the explosion. "The blast only damaged the car because no ball-bearing were used in the bomb,” he added. |
| Posted by:Steve White |