KHAR/NOWSHERA, Dec 30: Two volunteers of a local peace committee were killed and three, including a woman, wounded when a remote-controlled bomb exploded in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Friday.

After the blast, security personnel showed up and cordoned off the area.

There followed a search operation during which security personnel arrested a suspected militant and seized an explosive device near the Darra bazaar area.

An official of the local administration said the dead volunteers were Nawaz Khan, 24, and Hazart Khan, 22, while the wounded were Tor Khan, Farman and an unidentified woman, who were taken to the Agency Headquarters Hospital, Khar, where their condition was declared to be stable.

The official said it was yet not clear if the attackers targeted volunteers. He confirmed the arrest of a suspected militant during search operation.

Meanwhile, a government primary school was blown up in Ziarat Kaka Sahib area of Nowshera district early on Friday.

A teacher of the school said the 4:30am explosion completely destroyed the two-room building and its boundary wall. The bomb disposal squad said explosives weighing around 12kg were used in the attack.

Police said they began a search operation in the area with the help of sniffer dogs after the terrorist activity and arrested 10 suspects.

They said schoolteacher Nasir Khan and watchman Hameed Khan were also taken into custody after sniffer dogs went to their houses and that a Kalashnikov and one gun was recovered from the teacher's house.

The Nowshera Kalan police station registered the case of the explosion and began investigation. Zameer Khan, who lives near the school, said the explosion was so loud that it shattered windowpanes of his house.