CTD obtains footage of Mardan Blast

PESHAWAR: The Counter Terrorism Department has obtained three separate footage of the Mardan Suicide Blast which killed one and injured 17 others on Tuesday.

The footage cover the incident from three different areas.

An FIR for the incident has been registered at the anti-terror police station.

The Counter Terrorism Department has sent fingerprints of the suicide bomber to the National Database and Registration Authority. The body parts of the bomber have been sent to the DNA lab for identification.

Between 30 and 35 people were present inside the government office located in a densely populated area close to other government offices on Mall Road when the attacker detonated his explosives.

The attack has completely destroyed the office building.

Mardan is the second largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and has suffered several acts of terrorism in the past as well.

The location of the suicide attack today is situated close to a National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) office where a suicide bomber blew himself up in December last year, killing 26 people and injuring dozens of others.

The Jamaatul Ahrar, a breakaway faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), had claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing last year.

Previously, Mardan city has been witness to bomb explosions, rocket attacks targeting army installations, and a daring failed assault on the Punjab Regiment Centre. Polio workers too have faced attacks and government schools were blown up.