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Police investigate. — File photo

PESHAWAR: Two local leaders of Awami National Party (ANP) were killed in an explosion outside their polls office in Swabi area of the troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday night.

According to police, explosives were planted in a car parked outside an election office of ANP in Swabi district’s Yar Hussain town.

Dr Farman and Arab Ali Jan, local leaders of ANP, who were present in the office, were killed on the spot while another party activist Murad Ali sustained injuries in the bombing.

Nearby shops and houses were also damaged in the blast.

An investigation by the Bomb disposal Squad is underway.

This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly

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