KOHAT Two houses close to the heavily guarded imambargah in the city were damaged in rocket attacks by militants on Wednesday night.
The rockets fired from the western side of the city exploded at the roofs of two houses close to the Said Habib Imambargah. The police said the target was the imambargah which was slightly missed. The bomb disposal squad said the rockets were Russain made multi-barrel 107 MM.
The residents of the houses remained unhurt however the boundary walls and roofs of the houses were damaged.
High police officials and ambulances reached the scene to collect evidence and start investigation.
The blasts caused immense fear among people in the neighbourhood.
In 2015, the parliament had decided to “maintain neutrality in the Yemen conflict so as to be able to play a proactive diplomatic role to end the crisis”.
