Pakistan

SP Kalam Khan killed in Peshawar blast

The explosion took place in in Pashta Kharra Chowk.

15 March,2012 10:01 am

A suicide attack on Thursday killed a senior police officer and wounded two others in the northwestern city of Peshawar, troubled by a new wave of violence, police said.Police Superintendent (rural) Kalam Khan died in the blast and his driver and a guard were injured, police officer Tahir Ayub said.The bomber came on foot and detonated explosives strapped to his body near Khans jeep, bomb disposal squad chief Hukum Khan said.We have found the bombers head, he added.The incident took place on a road under construction in Peshawars Pishta Khara neighbourhood that meant Khans car had to drive slowly, police said.Khan had been on his way to work in the suburban town of Badaber, where a suicide attack killed 15 people at a funeral on Sunday.It lies close to Bara town, a stronghold of local warlord Mangal Bagh, who is linked to the militants.Peshawar has a population of 2.5 million people and has long been on the frontline of violence blamed on an insurgency led by Taliban militants.

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