Peshawar: A suicide bomber fearing arrest blew himself up at a mourning gathering, killing at least four women, while unidentified gunmen shot dead three teachers in the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa of northwest Pakistan on Monday.
The women had assembled at a house at Essakhel village in the outskirts of Peshawar for funeral prayers, when the bomber blew himself up in a bid to avoid his arrest by the police.
A raid was being conducted in the area following a tip-off regarding the presence of suspicious persons, police said.
Additional Inspector General of Police (AIG), Shafqat Malik told reporters that four women have been killed in the suicide blast.
Six persons, including a child, were injured.
Police and local residents rushed to the spot and shifted several injured to Lady Reading Hospital for treatment.
The identity of the deceased could not be immediately ascertained.
Malik said body parts of the bomber have been found and an investigation was underway, adding six kilogrammes of high-grade explosives and pellets were used in the blast.
Half of the house of Jan Mohammad Afridi - a pro- government tribal elder - was completely destroyed in the attack.
In a separate incident, unidentified assailants attacked a government school in Hangu and gunned down three teachers today, police officials said.
According to initial reports, motorbike-borne gunmen attacked a school in Kach Banda and began indiscriminate firing on the teaching staff.
Three teachers were killed on the spot.
Police reached the site after the incident and cordoned off the area.
A search operation has been launched to nab the gunmen.
Last month, a 13-year-old boy was killed when he valiantly tried to stop a suicide bomber outside his school in Hangu. Aitzaz Hassan was recommended for a civilian award posthumously for saving the lives of hundreds of students.
