ANP leader, 13 others injured in blast in Pak

January 12, 2013 13:06

Awami National Party leader Bashir Khan Umarzai and 13 others were injured today when his entourage was targeted with a roadside bomb in Pakistan's restive northwest, police said.

Umarzai was travelling to a court complex when his motorcade was targeted with the bomb in Khan Gari area of Charsadda district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

Umarzai, his son Shakeel Bashir Umarzai and a dozen others were injured in the attack, police officials said. The injured were taken to Lady Reading Hospital, where doctors said they were all out of danger.

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