Nine persons were injured in a bomb blast at a CD shop in Lachi Bazaar of Kohat district on Tuesday.
Police said that militants had planted a time device outside the CD shop near Tehsil Municipal Office in Lachi Bazaar. The device went off and destroyed the shop completely, they said.
They said that at least nine persons received injuries in the blast, which created panic in the busy bazaar, situated on Indus Highway.
The owner of the shop, Abdur Rehman, who was seriously injured in the blast, was shifted to KDA hospital along with other victims.
The bomb disposal squad said that an improvised explosive device weighing about four kilograms was used in the blast.
This was the second blast in Lachi where militants have been issuing life threats to the owners of CD shops since long.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
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