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17 video and music shops blown up in Mardan, Charsadda

MARDAN: Suspected militants blew up 15 video shops in Mardan district, while unidentified motorcyclists destroyed two music shops in Charsadda district late on Wednesday night. Online reported that video and music shopkeepers in Mardan district have sought protection from the government after two bombs exploded in the video market in the Parhuti area of Mardan at 1am, destroying 15 shops. The shopkeepers had been warned in an anonymous letter 20 days ago to wind up their businesses. The shopkeepers of the market gathered at PR Chowk and protested against the incident. They said that the government should provide them security so that they can earn their livelihood. In Charsadda, unidentified men blew up two music shops in Mir Abad in Umerzai police precincts. An official of the Umerzai police station told Daily Times that unidentified men hurled explosives at two CD shops owned by Kashif and Amjad Ali of Qando Kali, Charsadda, at around 00:45am. He said that no one was hurt in the incident and police had not made any arrests so far. In a separate incident, two motorcyclists abandoned their vehicle near a police picket in Tangi and fled. The police found a locally-manufactured bomb when they searched the motorcycle. staff report

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