HANGU, April 20: Three people, including a councillor, have been arrested on charges of attacking and damaging public and private property in the post-suicide attack violence on the 10th of Muharram this year.

SSP police Mohammad Khaliq said that councillor Zaheer Hussain, Alamdaar Hussain and Zahid Ali were arrested by police and more arrests were expected in the next few days.

A suicide attack on a procession on 10 Muharram had killed 44 people and left more than 100 injured in Hangu city.

After the bombing, the enraged mob burnt shops and government buildings in the main bazaar.

Police took into custody three persons for provoking the people who attacked a flying coach in which two passengers were also killed.