The house of the bureau chief of a private news organisation was damaged in a bomb attack in Murshidabad area of the city.
Jamshid Baghwan, the Peshawar bureau chief of Expressnews and his family members remained unhurt in the attack.
Police sources said that unknown motorcycle-riding persons had place explosives outside the residence of the journalist’s house and fled from the scene after which the bomb exploded with a huge bang.
The intensive blast shattered window panes in the locality, caused damage to the exterior of the house and vehicles which were parked nearby.
The sources added that 800 grams of explosive material was used in the blast.
This is the third attack on the journalist’s residence with the first incident taking place in March and the second on April 6.
