Several members of peace committee were present at the house when the blast occurred
A screenshot from just before a blast at the house of an aman committee member in DI Khan on Friday. — SCREENGRAB
At least three people have been killed and seven injured in a suicide blast at the house of Noor Alam Mehsud, head of a local aman committee, near Qureshi Mor in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan during a wedding ceremony on Friday night, according to the police.
“Initially, three people were killed and seven were injured in the blast,” said DI Khan District Police Officer Sahibzada Sajjad Ahmed while talking to the media, adding that the attack occurred during at a wedding at the house of an aman committee member.
He said the injured were being moved to the hospital for treatment while remains of the suicide bomber had been found.
DI Khan Regional Police Officer Syed Ashfaq Anwar said that several members of the peace committee were present when the blast occurred at Mehsud’s house.
He said that the casualty toll could rise due to the number of guests attending the event.
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This is a developing story and is being updated.
