10 killed, 14 injured in Peshawar suicide blast

THE FRONTIER POST

A suicide bomber on Friday targeted a senior Frontier Constabulary (FC) commander near a security check post in Saddar Cantt area of Peshawar, killing at least ten people and wounding 14 others, officials said. According to Geo News correspondent, a suicide bomber blasted himself near an FC convoy when it stopped at a security check post at Fakhar-e-Alam Road in Saddar area. A security official said Abdul Majeed Marwat, commander of the paramilitary Frontier Constabulary for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, survived the attack and was taken to a military hospital with "only scratches". "It was a suicide attack, the target was the FC commander," police official Arshad Khan told. Witnesses said the suicide bomber was on foot and blew himself up when the convoy of the FC chief stopped at a military check post in the busy cantonment area of Peshawar. "We have received six dead bodies, including two women. Eleven people were also injured," sources from Lady Reading Hospital told. Shah said the injured included three paramilitary personnel. A pair of legs, presumed to be that of the bomber, was seen at the site. There was no immediate claim of responsibility of the attack. Rescue efforts are still underway while police have cordoned off the area. The bomb disposal squad told that approximately 10 kilograms of explosives were used in the blast.