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No casualties in explosion in Pakistani northern district

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (KUNA) -- A loud explosion was heard on Saturday in a northern Pakistani district, causing property damage but no human loss, said police.
A bomb exploded near Gird Station in Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa province. Police sources told KUNA that the explosion caused damage to the outer wall of the station building but no loss of life was reported. However, they said further, police recovered a twenty-kilogram time-bomb about a kilometer away from the explosion site and successfully defused it. (end) amn.ajs KUNA 291447 May 10NNNN