Bomb blast at mosque kills police officer, injures others in Khyber
- By Zia Ul Haq -
- Jul 25, 2023
PESHAWAR: Additional Station House Officer (SHO) Adnan Afridi was martyred and other people sustained injuries in a powerful bomb blast at a mosque in the Ali Masjid area of Khyber district, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
A powerful bomb blast occurred at a mosque in the Ali Masjid area in Jamrud – Khyber district in which a police officer – additional SHO Adnan Afridi was martyred and other people got injured.
According to the initial investigation, it was apparently a suicide bomb blast. Rescue teams shifted the wounded persons to a local hospital for medical assistance.
Security forces cordoned off the whole area and started a search operation to arrest the culprit.
It was learnt that the district Khyber Police conducted an intelligence-based operation over the information of the presence of two terrorists in an under-construction mosque in Jamrud.
One of the terrorists blew himself when the police tried to arrest him while the other terrorist fled the bombing site.
However, the security forces commenced a search operation to arrest the second suspect and successfully arrested him from the spot of the incident.