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  • Jan 7th, 2014
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Two police personnel were killed while eight others including three personnel of Frontier Constabulary were injured in three separate miscreants' attacks and bomb blasts in the scattered areas of Peshawar. The first incident occurred at Kohat road when armed persons opened firing on a police at the entrance point of Naseerullah Babar hospital, according to police.

The killed police personnel identified Munfar Ali son of Gohar resident of Badhabera Masho Khail area, who succumbed to his injuries on way to hospital. Soon after the incident, police cordon off the area, and started search operation. However, assailants escaped from crime scene successfully. The funeral prayer of Munfar Ali was offered in Peshawar Police line. Where large number of high ranking police persons were present on the occasion.

Another incident, police personnel was killed and three other personnel were injured, when a remote control blast hit police mobile in Regi area in the outskirt of Peshawar. Police official said that the mobile vehicle of Nasir Bagh Police station was on routine patrolling when it hit by a remote control device in Modal town area later Monday. The killed FC personnel was identified Haroon while the injured were identified Hikmat, Manzoor and Driver Azam. The blast badly damaged the police mobile and large number of people rushed the site to retrieve the injured persons from the vehicle. They were shifted to Hayatabad Medical complex where they were provided emergency medical treatment.

Separately, five persons were injured in gas cylinder blast occurred in CNG station of Chamkani area. The blast resulted injuring of five persons who were shifted to Lady reading Hospital Peshawar. They were identified Jamshed son of Shabeer Hussain, Farhad son of Latif, Iftikhar son of Abdul Rahman.

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