KHAR: A child was killed and two persons were injured in a roadside bomb blast in Khar tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Friday afternoon, officials and local people said.

They said the incident took place in Shinkoot area, some 10km from Khar, the agency headquarters.

Officials quoted eyewitness as saying that Gul Mast Khan, a local resident, along with his children was coming home from a nearby mosque after offering Friday prayers when a remote-controlled bomb placed along the link road went off.

They said a child identified as Marwan died on the spot while his father and other child, Farmanullah, received serious injuries in the blast.

People of the nearby areas immediately reached the site and shifted the wounded to the agency headquarters hospital. Later, both the wounded were shifted to Peshawar.

No one claimed responsibility for the blast nor did the family blame anyone for the explosion.

Later, officials of the local administration and Levies personnel visited the site of the explosion and launched a hunt for the perpetrators. However, no one was taken into custody.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2017