An assistant head of the police’s Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) was martyred after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the Janta area of Sararogha tehsil in Upper South Waziristan district on Saturday while he was attempting to defuse it.
Upper South Waziristan district police officer (DPO) Ashfaq Khan told Dawn that the official, identified as Abdul Jabbar, was busy defusing the IED when an explosion occurred, leaving him seriously injured. He later succumbed to his injuries.
Police sources said that Jabbar had successfully defused an IED planted in the area before the explosion. However, another explosive device went off when he was attempting to neutralise it.
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Source: Dawn News
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