SWABI, Oct 1: Three people were injured when bombs planted outside a girls’ school and a library went off on Tuesday.

DPO Sajjad Khan told Dawn that one bomb exploded near the Haqqani Library and the second near a government-run primary school for girls.

He said that three passers-by suffered injuries and were taken to the district headquarters hospital in Swabi. The injured were Syed Muhammad, Rohul Ameen and Samiullah.

Police and residents said improvised explosive devices planted near the library and the school went off one after the other at about 9:15pm.

The bombs destroyed the boundary walls of the library and the school. Cracks also appeared in the walls and roofs of the school building.