NOWSHERA/MARDAN, Jan 17: Unknown miscreants blew up a CD shop at Chowki Mamraiz here on Thursday.

Source said unknown miscreants had planted a remote control device near the CD shop at Chowki Mamraiz in Pabbi area which went off at 8.30pm with a big bang.

Soon after the incident, police officials and bomb disposal squad rushed to the spot, cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.The bomb disposal squad said that three to four kilograms of explosives were used in the blast.

It was stated that two passersby were slightly injured and shifted to Rashid Shaheed Hospital Pabbi.

Pabbi police station has registered a case against unknown miscreants.

Meanwhile, the building of Government Middle School Lundkhwar was partially damaged when an explosive device planted by unidentified militants went off on the night between Wednesday and Thursday.

The officials of Lundkhwar police station quoted the watchman of the school, Shaukat Ali, as saying that he was sleeping in the office of school principal when the blast took place.

According to police, three rooms were completely destroyed while other parts of the building were partially damaged. A case has been registered against unidentified militants.

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