Several members of the peace committee were present in the house when the explosion took place
A screenshot from just before an explosion at the home of an aman committee member in DI Khan on Friday. — SCREEN GRAB
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 evening, according to police.
“Initially three people were killed and seven were injured in the blast,” DI Khan district police officer Sahibzada Sajjad Ahmed said while talking to the media, adding that the attack took place during a wedding at the home of a member of the aman committee.
He said the injured were moved to hospital for treatment while the remains of the suicide bomber had been recovered.
DI Khan Regional Police Officer Syed Ashfaq Anwar said several members of the peace committee were present when the blast took place at Mehsud’s house.
He said the number of injured could rise due to the number of guests attending the event.
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This is a developing story and is being updated.
