Police names three TTP suspects in Peshawar attack

Published July 1, 2013
A damaged vehicle being shifted from the spot after blast near security forces' convoy in Badbher.—Online Photo
A damaged vehicle being shifted from the spot after blast near security forces' convoy in Badbher.—Online Photo

PESHAWAR: Three commanders of the banned Tehrik-Taliban Pakistan were on Monday named responsible for yesterday’s car bomb attack on a convoy of the Frontier Corps in Badhber on Peshawar’s outskirts.

The case pertaining to the attack was registered in the Badhber police station. Police said Jangrez, Ghufran and Aurangzeb, all associated with the TTP, were found responsible for the attack as initial investigations into the incident went underway, adding that all three of them were said to hail from Darra Adamkhel.

At least 18 civilians were killed and 46 injured in a car bomb attack on a FC convoy in Badbher area.

Almost all the victims were poor vendors selling fruits, vegetables and corn cobs while the others were passersby and commuters.

The area was littered with parts of human limbs and flesh, vegetables and fruits.

Two FC personnel suffered injuries in the blast.

All the dead and most of the injured were civilians from Badbher and nearby villages of Mashokhel, Mashogagar and Sheikh Mohammadi.

The dead included three teenage brothers identified as Tariq, 13, Riasat, 16, and Sadararat, 18, sons of Zarmash, a resident of Badbher village, officials at the Lady Reading Hospital said.

Zarmash is a daily wage worker in Saudi Arabia.

The injured were taken to the Lady Reading Hospital.

Peshawar Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Javed Marwat said initial reports put the death toll at 16, but it could go up because condition of some of the injured was critical.

Convoys of security forces have come under frequent attacks on the road linking Peshawar with Kohat in jurisdiction of Badbher and Mattani police stations.

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