Rockets hit Peshawar

PESHAWAR: A young girl was injured as one of the six rockets fired at the city hit her on Friday. The rockets, which were fired at the provincial capital from an unknown place in the early hours of Friday, landed in various areas. The incident is second in less than a week period.“A rocket hit the house of a prayer leader, Noorul Haq, inside Masjid Aqsa in Gulberg. The projectile damaged a part of the house and mosque and injured minor daughter of the prayer leader.Another rocket landed in the Postal Colony, a public sector residential area on Kohat Road, while one fell near a dump in Amin Colony. “Both the devices did not cause any casualty or damage,” stated Syed Atiq Shah, the station house officer of Bhanamari Police Station. A shell landed near the Peshawar International Airport in Pishtakhara, while two others fell in the jurisdiction of the Badaber Police Station. There were reports that one rocket landed on the airport’s runway. Another also hit the runway but didn’t explode.