ANP leader Bashir Umerzai father of ANP MPA Shakeel Umerzai being treated at the LRH Hospital Peshawar. - Photo by Zahir Shah Sherazi
ANP leader Bashir Umerzai father of ANP MPA Shakeel Umerzai being treated at the LRH Hospital Peshawar. - Photo by Zahir Shah Sherazi

CHARSADDA: A bomb blast occurred near a convoy of Awami National Party (ANP) leader and member of provincial assembly (MPA) Shakeel Bashir Omarzai in the Charsadda district’s Omarzai tehsil on Saturday.

The incident took place near Hari Chand Road in Khan Ghari village of the tehsil.

Twelve people, including Shakeel Omarzai, his father and former MPA Bashir Omarzai and three police personnel who were part of Shakeel’s security detail were injured in the blast.

District Coordination Officer Zafar Ali Shah confirmed that 12 people were wounded in the attack, adding that none had sustained life-threatening injuries.

Some of the injured were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital, Charsadda, whereas the remaining injured were transported to the Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar.

The blast was caused by a remote-controlled device, police sources said, adding that it was followed by heavy gunfire in the area.

The blast occurred when the convoy was returning from a local court where Bashir Omarzai had appeared for a hearing.

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