A passerby was injured earlier on Thursday as a bomb went off outside former Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti’s house in Mardan.
Following the incident, police arrived at the site and conducted a search operation in the area.
In December last year, at least 23 people were killed as a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the main gate of the NADRA office in Dohsera Chowk in Mardan.
A splinter group of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Jamatul Ahrar, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Rescue 1122 officials said at least 21 people have been killed and 28 injured. “A motorcyclist rammed his bike into the main gate of the NADRA office,” DPO Mardan said.
Further, DIG Mardan Saeed Wazir, said the bomber was on a motorcylce and tried to enter the complex. “He stopped and blew himself up and fortunately was not able to enter the premises.”
According to the bomb disposal squad, 8 kilogrammes of explosives were used to carry out the attack.
