Blast kills bomb disposal expert in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: A senior bomb disposal officer was killed on Friday as he attempted to defuse a device in Budh Bair area of Peshawar, Geo News reported.

According to police, bomb squad veteran Hukam Khan, aged in his late 50s, successfully defused one device but was killed when a second one exploded as he tried to make it safe.

Three police officers were wounded in the blast.

"The bomb planted at the roadside exploded when Hukam Khan was trying to defuse it," a senior police officer in Peshawar told.

An intelligence official said Khan defused the first improvised explosive device (IED) but was killed while attempting to defuse the second.