PESHAWAR: In what police described as a “premature explosion” of the suicide belt in the provincial capital on Sunday morning, two alleged militants—among them a would-be suicide bomber—were slain and their accomplice was wounded.
Around seven in the morning, an explosion occurred on Nasir Bagh Road.
The suicide belt went off while the three accused militants—one of them was wearing one—were riding a motorcycle toward their target, according to official sources.
They stated that the three militants, including the suspected suicide bomber, were identified by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police, who was looking into the explosion. They said that the militants were from the Tehkal neighborhood of the provincial capital and had traveled to Afghanistan.
Salman and Amir, the would-be suicide bomber, were recognized as the deceased, while Usman was identified as the injured militant.
“Although the militants’ current target is unknown, we are looking into the matter.” We now know that the two deceased were enrolled in a theological seminary, and the injured man, who is in our care, was formerly a seminary student who worked as a burger vendor in the University Town neighborhood. Each of the three had already visited Afghanistan, a CTD representative said Dawn.
According to the official, the militant, who was in the custody of CTD after being injured in the explosion, was receiving treatment but was unable to speak.
The official declared, “We have verified the identities of the three militants, and they are all new to us as we were not previously aware of them.”
We are attempting to determine which group these militants are associated with because the three are entirely unknown to us. By tomorrow evening, we will have a comprehensive understanding of the occurrence, according to CTD SP Shaukat Khan, who spoke with Dawn. An FIR will be filed shortly.
Soon after the occurrence, the law enforcement officials raced to the scene and roped off the area. The remains of the militants and the injured have been transported to Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), according to Rescue 1122 Spokesperson Bilal Faizi.
Pakistan “has consistently asked the interim Afghan government to ensure effective border management on their side of the border,” according to a statement released on Saturday by the military’s media wing. It is expected of the interim Afghan government to uphold its commitments and prevent terrorists from using Afghan territory to carry out more terrorist attacks against Pakistan.
The statement was released following a gunfight between security personnel and militants in the North Waziristan district, which resulted in the deaths of two militants and the injuries of three more as they attempted to cross into Afghanistan.
According to the statement, Pakistan’s security forces “remain committed and determined to secure its borders and eradicate the menace of terrorism from the country.”
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, meantime, complimented the Peshawar police for stopping the attack on Sunday and vehemently denounced the terrorist event, according to APP. Mr. Sharif claimed that terrorists had been banished to hell and that the police had spared the populace a catastrophic loss. He reaffirmed his commitment to ridding the nation of the evil of terrorism.
