SWABI: Local police on Tuesday claimed to have gunned down a suspected suicide bomber at the main gate of Shah Mansoor Police Lines in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swabi area.

Police sources said that the suspected attacker opened fire at the main gate, injuring one policeman on guard at the gate. The police personnel retaliated, killing the attacker on spot.

District police officer Swabi Sajjad Khan said that the attacker was carrying a pistol and ammunition but was not wearing a suicide vest.

In a separate incident, a school situated on Peshawar’s Ring Road was slightly damaged in an improvised explosion device (IED) attack. The IED was planted near the school’s boundary wall.

The bomb disposal squad cleared the school after conducting a search operation and no casualties were reported.

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