Confirming these details to Dawn.com, District Police Officer (DPO) Zahoor Babar Afridi said, “The police had collected evidence from the site of the explosion, and they were further investigating the matter.”

Mardan Rescue 1122 identified the injured persons as 40-year-old Abbas, 17-year-old Saeed and 24-year-old Amrad.

“The injured were immediately given first aid and rushed to Mardan Medical Complex,” the statement said.

Mardan Rescue 1122 spokesperson Syed Abbas Shah separately told Dawn.com that the “injured are in stable condition and most of the injuries are on their legs.”