On Tuesday, the local head of the peace committee Saifur Rahman, who was critically injured in the blast, passed away.
Police on Monday said that the explosion was so severe that it destroyed the building of the peace committee’s office. Several people were also under the debris. Those injured were transferred to a nearby hospital. According to the hospital administration, some of them were critical.
Separately, four security personnel were injured in a firing by armed men at a joint post of the Frontier Corps and police at the border point of Mohmand and Bajaur districts in the province, according to sources.
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in terrorist incidents, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, following the collapse of the ceasefire agreement with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in November 2022. PTI AYZ GRS GRS GRS