LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 21: An explosion damaged a house in the Tajazai area near here on Wednesday morning. Officials said that a locally-made device had been planted near the house of Habibur Rehman, which destroyed some rooms and the house’s boundary wall. People said that when Habib came out of the house after the blast, unidentified men opened fire on him but he escaped unhurt.

They said that soon after the first blast, another device planted near the house also went off, but it caused no damage.