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PESHAWAR: A blast near a school, which was designated as a polling station, on Peshawar's Charsadda road injured 12 persons on elections day.

Bomb disposal unit official Abdul Haq told Dawn.com that the bomb  in Larma area was a remotely detonated device anf that 3 to 4 kilograms  of explosives were used in its making.

Habibullah Arif additional Deputy Commissioner Peshawar confirmed that 12 people including children were injured in the blast adding that the condition of one of the wounded was reported as critical.

Rescue and security forces rushed to the site on incident.

Moreover another blast was reported near a mosque on Kohat road in Sheikh Muhammaddi Badaber area in the suburbs of Peshawar.

A suicide bomber blew himself pre-maturely before reaching his target and hence there were no casualties in the incident.

The blast occurred 400 metres from a polling station in the locality.

Polling was also suspended in Mardan's Bari Chum after an aerial firing incident near a polling station in NA-11 constituency.

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