Peshawar on edge as police foil terror plot

PESHAWAR: Police on Thursday defused five bombs planted under a 132KV electric tower in the provincial capital, officials said.

The bombs, comprising 20 kilograms of explosive materials, were packed into four pressure cookers and a canister in the Phando area of the city under the main transmission lines powering Peshawar.

Security personnel display the explosive device defused in Phando area of Peshawar. — Photo by author

Bomb Disposal Unit officials said if not defused in time, the bombs would have caused major destruction.