PESHAWAR: Weeks after the Rehman Baba shrine was destroyed in Peshawar, another mausoleum in Peshawar’s Regi area was the scene of a brutal attack.
DawnNews quoted police as saying that the shrine of Sheikh Omar Baba was completely destroyed when it was attacked by militants early in the morning on Friday.
Police sources said the militants came to the area before blowing up the shrine and fled the scene when police opened fire at them, only to return again to obliterate the shrine with heavy explosives.
According to eye witnesses the militants shifted religious books and Qurans from the shrine to the nearby mosque before the explosion.
In another development a market was blown up in Adezai Area of Peshawar, destroying some 25 shops.
According to the Mattni police, targeting the market has become commonplace, and a group of long-active local militants was likely behind the incident.
No casualties have been reported so far.
