According to District Police Officer (DPO) Nazeer Khan, the incident took place late Saturday night when an explosion occurred at a girl’s primary school in the Wanda Zahid Gul area, situated within the jurisdiction of Daddiwala Police Station. He said that due to the explosion, carried out through an improvised explosive device (IED), the school’s building was partially damaged.
Luckily, no casualties were reported, the DPO said, adding that a heavy contingent of police had been deployed in the area.
DPO Khan further said that there were two IEDs planted in the school.
One of the IEDs exploded, while the other one was discovered when the police reached the incident site and carried out an inspection,” he said. “It was successfully defused by the bomb disposal squad.
A search operation was underway in the district to locate the perpetrators, according to the DPO.
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