A suspected bomber was killed and his companion was injured on Monday when a bomb they were planting exploded in the Gulbahar Police Station precincts, the police said.The blast occurred at 6:45am outside the Nasir Mohmand Surgical Hospital's main gate.
"A man suspected to be the bomber was killed in the blast and another suspect was injured. He has been admitted to hospital," police official Khurshid Khan told AFP. A police official said that the deceased was about 22-year old. He added that two others were also injured in the blast. They were rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital. Assistant Superintendent of Police Zahid Mahmood told Daily Times that the man was carrying a low-intensity timed device, which went off and killed him. "It is not clear how the bomb detonated when it was apparently attached to a timer. There is a possibility that it short circuited because of rain," Bomb Disposal Squad Chief Hukam Khan told AFP. He said that police had found no evidence of the blast being a suicide one.