Talking to Dawn.com TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said that the banned organisation was behind the remote controlled bomb attack in Bannu which had targeted a leader associated with the Awami National Party (ANP).
An explosion in the Jani Khel area of Bannu District on Sunday killed two people and injured eight people including the independent leader, associated ANP in the past.
Local political administration officials told Dawn.com that at least two persons had died whereas eight others were injured in the blast targeting a convoy of Adnan Wazir, former member of provincial assembly belonging to the ANP, in the FR Jani Khel area of the district where an election rally was organised.