Monday 27 February 2012,
(BNA)
NOWSHERA: A blast hit the site where Awami National Party of Pakistan (ANP) was holding a public rally. Five people were killed while 15 others, including four policemen were injured.
The bomb went off soon after chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Amir Haider Hoti, and other ministers in his provincial cabinet had left the meeting in the town of Nowshera.Pakistan .
According to police, a remote-controlled bomb fixed in a motorcycle hit the ANP rally venue after the public address concluded.
Speaking to press, ANP leader Zahid Khan said the target of the attack was ANP leadership and workers.
Pak Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar said that the leadership of the ANP was informed about the blast when their helicopter had left the site.
Ifthikhar said initial reports indicate that the device was detonated by remote control
