KOHAT: A woman was killed when a hand grenade was thrown at a house in Ustarzai Payan here on Sunday.

Nadeem Abbas told the police that Abdul Hassam, Qais Hassan and Ali Raza hurled a hand grenade at his house which exploded with a bang critically injuring Ms Nabeena, 23. She died on way to hospital, police said.

The police after registration of murder case under section 302 of PPC and the Explosives Act launched efforts for the arrest of the culprits.

When contacted, the Ustarzai police said Munir Hussain, father of the deceased woman, had, a few years back, killed a man from the rival group. They said the man had been declared as proclaimed offender, adding his rivals took the revenge for the killing by attacking his house.

Meanwhile, an alleged terrorist arrested on late Saturday night has confessed to have masterminded bomb attack on taxi stand at Peshawar Square in the Kohat city, in which many people had been killed and several others injured.

Jameel carried head money of Rs0.5 million announced by the provincial government on his arrest.

Published in Dawn, October 12th , 2015

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