PESHAWAR: The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) personnel Monday defused a half-kilogram explosive device in Peshawar’s Hayatabad area, foiling a major terrorism attempt.
Peshawar’s Station House Officer (SHO), Riaz Ali Shah, said the homemade bomb was planted in an empty plot along the road near the Hayatabad police station.
Upon receiving information about the bomb, security forces summoned BDS personnel to the area who successfully defused the explosive.
Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is the gateway to Pakistan's troubled northwestern tribal region where troops have been locked for years in deadly battles with insurgents. The city has been labelled by Washington as the main sanctuary for Al Qaeda and Taliban militants in the country.