Seven persons were killed and three other injured in explosion in a house in Frontier Region (FR) Peshawar during the wee hours of Sunday. The explosive material was stated to be planted in a television set.
According to sources, some unknown people sent a television set to the house of one identified as Bilal and later exploded it with a remote control resulting in the killing of seven persons on the spot while three other injured.
The two victims have been identified as Said Rasool and Said Wazir while the names of five other as well as injured could not be ascertained. However, no woman or child of the family was injured or killed in the incident.
Sources are attributing the incident to old enmity as one group sent a television set as gift to the victim family and later exploded it through a remote control.
Meanwhile, some unknown militants exploded a motorcycle parked near a police check post in Hayatabad Township. No casualty was reported in the incident.