Hindu temple stormed in Peshawar - Pakistan Daily Times

  Hindu temple stormed in Peshawar

ISLAMABAD: Unidentified men stormed a Hindu temple in Peshawar on Sunday evening, police said.

The attackers burnt images and took away idols from the temple in the Gor Gattri area, police said. They fled the scene after the incident. No immediate claim of responsibility was made.

The custodian of the temple said it was the third such attack. He told police that when he arrived at the temple, he found around eight men burning images and sacred books. Members of Hindu community expressed concern over the incident and demanded immediate action against the miscreants. online

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Targeted attack: Police officer killed in Peshawar roadside blast - The Express Tribune

A police party on routin­e patrol­ling was target­ed by the roadsi­de blast. A police official was killed and another injured in an explosion that targeted a police patrol in Charsadda. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD IQBAL/EXPRESS

PESHAWAR: 

A police officer was killed, while another was injured, after a roadside bomb exploded on Charsadda Road in Peshawar on Monday evening.

Officers told The Express Tribune that police personnel, including those from the community police, were on a routine patrol within the remits of Khazana Police Station when the explosion occurred, injuring two policemen.

One of the men, Javed, died after reaching the hospital.

DSP Riazul Islam told The Express Tribune that it was a powerful explosion which targeted a police patrol. “Police officer Gulzar is injured, but he is out of danger,” he said, adding that Javed was from the
community police and had been hired on a two-year contract.

Police cordoned off the area and commenced a search operation.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 1st, 2012.

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