SWABI, May 10: Two workers of Awami National Party (ANP) were killed in a series of bomb blasts which also damaged a polling station and three election offices in Swabi on Friday. Three people were injured.
One blast took place at the MCB Chowk in Yar Hussain bazaar near the election office of an ANP candidate for provincial assembly seat PK-33.
Two people killed in this blast were identified as Farman Ali and Arbab Ali.
Police said an improvised explosive device had been placed near the election office.
Officials said two other blasts occurred in Swabi Khas, damaging election offices of two ANP candidates for provincial assembly seats PK-32 (Swabi-II) and PK-31 (Swabi-I). No one was injured.
Sources said explosive devices had been placed in guest houses of candidates Itibar Khan and Safdar Khan.
The fourth blast damaged a government school building where a polling station had been set up. School’s watchman Sher Azam who was injured in the blast was taken to Kalu Khan civil hospital.
