PESHAWAR, Feb 29: A military convoy escaped a bomb blast while two shops were destroyed in another attack, sources said here on Friday.

In the first incident, high powered explosives went off in limits of Matni police station which blew up a general store and computer shop. The locals said that the bomb exploded at Sharikera village on Thursday night. It blew up a general store reportedly owned by Shah Wazir Khan while the computer shop was owned by Mohammad Tauqeer. The second explosive went off near the Sepan police check post at PAF Road, near Ahmedkhel Bridge.

The explosion created deep crater. According to an official, it was a remote controlled bomb that exploded after a military convoy passed through the area.“Police have registered a case against undignified terrorists, but no one has so far been arrested in this connection,” said an official of the Matni police station.