14 injured in Charsadda violence

CHARSADDA: At least 14 people, mostly women and children, sustained injuries in separate acts of terrorism in Shabqadar tehsil of the district on Saturday, police sources said.

Alleged miscreants hurled as many as five hand grenades into schools and houses in Shabqadar tehsil, the sources added.

The first incident occurred in Miro area where alleged miscreants lobbed hand grenades into three houses in which a woman sustained injuries.

Similarly, the miscreants lobbed a hand grenade at the main entrance to a private school in Shabqadar tehsil. The watchman and a student were wounded in the attack.

Likewise, the miscreants lobbed hand grenades into the house of Subhanullah in Misal Kor area on the boundary with Mohmand Agency. As a result, 11 members of the family all women and children sustained injuries.

The injured were shifted to a local hospital from where they were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and Lady Reading Hospitals in Peshawar.

The officials of the bomb disposal unit and cops collected pieces of evidence from the crime scenes and presented a report to the police high-ups.

The frequent hand grenade attacks had created panic among the people. The police and officials of other security agencies cordoned off the area and launched a grand search operation after the attacks.

District Police Officer Sohail Ahmad told reporters that a Mohmand-based militant organisation was behind the terror acts in Charsadda. The group he said was involved in collecting extortions.

Cop dies in road accident: A cop was killed and two others sustained injuries in a road accident on Gumbat road on Saturday, official sources said.

They said that Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Ayaz Khan along with two cops Amin and Shahzad was on his way to join Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser squad when the vehicle collided with another vehicle.

As a result, Ayaz Khan was killed on the spot while Amin, Shehzad and two civilians, whose names could not be ascertained, sustained injuries.

The body and the injured were taken to the Kohat Development Authority Hospital
where condition of the injured was stated to be stable.

Lightning kills woman in Swat: A woman was killed when a lightning struck a house in Hazbaka Killay in Swat district on Saturday, official sources said.