PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber blew himself up in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday.
Lakki Marwat District Police Officer (DPO) Qasim Ali Khan said that there was a rally protesting the death sentence given to former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf for high treason as well as a polio team in the vicinity, adding that it was unclear who or what the bomber wished to target.
He said that investigations to ascertain the motives of the attacker have begun.
On the other hand, Lakki Marwat Deputy Commissioner Jehangir Azam Wazir said the polio team was at a distance of three kilometers from the blast. Though Wazir insisted that the attack did not target the anti-polio campaign, he added that it has been momentarily suspended and will be resumed once a security clearance is issued.
