At least five people were injured in a firing incident at a polling station on Saturday in northwestern Khyber tribal agency.

According to reports, unknown gunmen fired shots at the polling station in Khyber's Shah Kas area, falling under the National Assembly's NA-46 constituency.

Moreover, ballot boxes were broken up and the polling station's property was ransacked. 

Earlier, a blast near a school, which was designated as a polling station on Peshawar’s Charsadda road, injured 12 persons on election day (today). 

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