PESHAWAR: Two bombs exploded in a market in the Frontier capital of Peshawar on Thursday, killing six people, and gunmen on rooftops ambushed police as they arrived at the scene, police said.
A short while later, a suicide bomber attacked a paramilitary checkpost in another part of the city, killing two soldiers and wounding three.
‘He was on foot and as we saw him, he ran and blew himself up when he got close to us,’ Wasiullah, a paramilitary soldier wounded in the attack, told Reuters as he arrived at a hospital.
The attack was soon followed by a huge bomb blast and gunfire was heard on the streets of Dera Ismail Khan, police said.
Three were killed and seven injured after a bomb planted in the city’s town hall exploded, police told DawnNews.
Peshawar bazaar attack
The first two bombs were planted on motorbikes in the vicinity of Qissa Khwani (Storytellers) Bazaar in Peshawar’s old city and caused extensive damage.
Six people were killed and about 70 wounded, provincial government minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour told Reuters.
The first blast triggered a huge fire in Kabari Bazaar, which lies in a narrow lane and destroyed at least seven cars, witnesses said.
Minutes later a second bomb went off in another market across the road sparking another fire and gutting up to 18 electronics shops, AFP reported.
‘Two separate timed bombs were planted on motorbikes, which exploded in quick succession,’ said Shafqat Malik, a senior police investigator.
Soon afterwards, gunmen on rooftops began firing at police in lanes below.
Television showed policemen firing back while colleagues strapped on bullet-proof vests.
Police later said two gunmen had been killed and two suspects detained.
‘We’re carrying out searches as others could be hiding,’ city police chief Sifwat Ghayyur told reporters.
PESHAWAR: Two bombs exploded in a market in the Frontier capital of Peshawar on Thursday, killing six people, and gunmen on rooftops ambushed police as they arrived at the scene, police said.
PESHAWAR: Two bombs exploded in a market in the Frontier capital of Peshawar on Thursday, killing six people, and gunmen on rooftops ambushed police as they arrived at the scene, police said.
A short while later, a suicide bomber attacked a paramilitary checkpost in another part of the city, killing two soldiers and wounding three.
‘He was on foot and as we saw him, he ran and blew himself up when he got close to us,’ Wasiullah, a paramilitary soldier wounded in the attack, told Reuters as he arrived at a hospital.
The attack was soon followed by a huge bomb blast and gunfire was heard on the streets of Dera Ismail Khan, police said.
Three were killed and seven injured after a bomb planted in the city’s town hall exploded, police told DawnNews.
Peshawar bazaar attack
The first two bombs were planted on motorbikes in the vicinity of Qissa Khwani (Storytellers) Bazaar in Peshawar’s old city and caused extensive damage.
Six people were killed and about 70 wounded, provincial government minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour told Reuters.
The first blast triggered a huge fire in Kabari Bazaar, which lies in a narrow lane and destroyed at least seven cars, witnesses said.
Minutes later a second bomb went off in another market across the road sparking another fire and gutting up to 18 electronics shops, AFP reported.
‘Two separate timed bombs were planted on motorbikes, which exploded in quick succession,’ said Shafqat Malik, a senior police investigator.
Soon afterwards, gunmen on rooftops began firing at police in lanes below.
Television showed policemen firing back while colleagues strapped on bullet-proof vests.
Police later said two gunmen had been killed and two suspects detained.
‘We’re carrying out searches as others could be hiding,’ city police chief Sifwat Ghayyur told reporters.
A short while later, a suicide bomber attacked a paramilitary checkpost in another part of the city, killing two soldiers and wounding three.
‘He was on foot and as we saw him, he ran and blew himself up when he got close to us,’ Wasiullah, a paramilitary soldier wounded in the attack, told Reuters as he arrived at a hospital.
The attack was soon followed by a huge bomb blast and gunfire was heard on the streets of Dera Ismail Khan, police said.
Three were killed and seven injured after a bomb planted in the city’s town hall exploded, police told DawnNews.
Peshawar bazaar attack
The first two bombs were planted on motorbikes in the vicinity of Qissa Khwani (Storytellers) Bazaar in Peshawar’s old city and caused extensive damage.
Six people were killed and about 70 wounded, provincial government minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour told Reuters.
The first blast triggered a huge fire in Kabari Bazaar, which lies in a narrow lane and destroyed at least seven cars, witnesses said.
Minutes later a second bomb went off in another market across the road sparking another fire and gutting up to 18 electronics shops, AFP reported.
‘Two separate timed bombs were planted on motorbikes, which exploded in quick succession,’ said Shafqat Malik, a senior police investigator.
Soon afterwards, gunmen on rooftops began firing at police in lanes below.
Television showed policemen firing back while colleagues strapped on bullet-proof vests.
Police later said two gunmen had been killed and two suspects detained.
‘We’re carrying out searches as others could be hiding,’ city police chief Sifwat Ghayyur told reporters.
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