| A bomb explosion outside the shop of a faith healer on the Circular Road in Peshawar destroyed at least three shops, police officials and eyewitnesses said on Sunday. No casualties were reported in the blast, which occurred in Kotwali police station precincts. The bomb was planted outside the shop of Niaz Ali Shah, a faith healer, City Circle Superintendent of Police Chaudary Ashraf told Daily Times. He said the bomb was placed in a canister and also damaged a rickshaw parked nearby, adding he had no information about any threats issued to the faith healer so far. Eyewitnesses told Daily Times that the powerful blast was heard from a long distance away. It was the second incident in Peshawar in two days in which faith healers have been the targets. On Saturday, the beheaded body of a faith healer, Pir Rafiullah, was recovered from Peshawar's Mattani area. The healer had been killed after he denounced several warnings against his practices. |