Terror-bid foiled in Pak, 15-Kg bomb defused

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Press Trust of India Peshawar
Last Updated : Jan 09 2017 | 3:42 PM IST
Pakistani security forces today foiled a terror bid by defusing a 15-Kg bomb planted in a cart in a market in this northwestern city.
The unidentified miscreants had planted the remote- controlled bomb in a pushcart in Karkhano Market, hub of foreign goods situated at the confluence of Peshawar and Khyber Agency.
On receiving the information about the bomb, police rushed to the area and defused the bomb.
SSP Operation Peshawar said the report was received regarding a battery lying unattended on a pushcart.
Bomb disposal squad was called immediately who defused the bomb.

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First Published: Jan 09 2017 | 3:42 PM IST

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