IED diffused in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: An improvised explosive device (IED) fixed along the road was diffused in Bara Sheikhan area near Peshawar Tuesday, Geo News reported.

According to sources, the bomb disposal squad found the explosives fixed along the roadside in Bara Sheikhan area during a search operation. The squad diffused the bomb on time that was planted to target a police patrolling team.

Earlier in the morning, three FC personnel were wounded when explosives stored in a room went off at Badaber in the outskirt here.

Police sources said that FC personnel were on duty near an under construction house on Frontier Road, when suddenly a blast occurred in the house under construction, wounding three of them.

Police said that the explosives were stocked in a room of the under construction house, which is being investigated.