LAHORE MIRROR – At least one dead and multiple people were injured on Thursday in a blast outside the gate of a police station in the Bara Bazar area of Tehsil Bara in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to the initial reports, one killed and eight were injured in the blast. It was also reported that injured were being shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Dogra Khyber Agency. The nature of the blast is yet to be ascertained.
Initially, the police said that smoke was seen rising from the site of the explosion. They said that heavy firing was also reported after the explosion.
A private TV channel also reported that a powerful explosion, followed by heavy gunfire, rocked the main market near the police station gate in the country’s mountainous region neighboring Afghanistan. At least eight people suffered injuries and are being shifted to a local medical facility. Doctors and paramedics were put on alert.
Meanwhile, security forces cordoned off the area and BDS personnel are clearing the area.
More to follow…
