Grenade attack on Express News bureau chief's house in Peshawar
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 7 April 2014
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Unidentified assailants launched a grenade attack on the home of Express News bureau chief Jamshed Baghwan in Peshawar. The incident caused damage to surrounding properties and underscores the persistent threats against media personnel in the region.Summary
PESHAWAR: A grenade was hurled by unidentified assailants at the house of Jamshed Baghwan, Peshawar bureau chief of Express News Television Sunday.
According to a report Dawn, the blast damaged some nearby houses in the Murshidabad neighborhood.
“I was asleep when I heard a loud blast outside the main gate of my residence. As I came out there was smoke and dust hovering over the houses in the locality,” the paper quoted Mr Baghwan as saying.
Quoting eyewitnesses, he said the attacker escaped on a motorcycle from the street.
On March 19 a bomb was recovered from outside his residence. No arrests have been made.Police visited the crime scene and confirmed it was a hand grenade attack.
The Express Group continues to be under attack. Only on March 28, Raza Rumi, an analyst who anchors the program Khabar Se Agay on Express News Television survived a gun attack in Lahore but his driver was killed and a guard injured.
On January 17, three Express News employees were killed in an attack claimed by the Taliban in Karachi while last year there were two gun and bomb attacks on group's Karachi offices that injured at least four people.
KEY POINTS:
- Grenade attack occurred at Jamshed Baghwan's residence in Peshawar.
- Eyewitnesses reported the attacker fled on a motorcycle.
- Previous threats to Baghwan included a bomb found outside his home.
- Express News personnel have faced multiple violent incidents recently.
- Police confirmed the incident was indeed a hand grenade attack.
