Friday, September 27, 2013

16 killed, over a dozen injured in Peshawar Secretariat bus blast

SIXTEEN persons were killed and over a dozen injured when a blast hit the bus carrying Secretariat employees at Charsadda Road in Peshawar before Friday prayers, Local TV reported. According to the initial reports, a Civil Secretariat bus carrying around 100 employees was on its way when an explosion occurred near Gulbaila at Charsadda Road. More than 20 persons were injured while ten succumbed to their injuries initially that later rose to 13. Sources said that casualties are feared to rise. Rescue teams shifted the injured and bodies to Lady Reading Hospital and Charsadda District Headquarter Hospital. Police reached the blast site and cordoned off the area while further details about the blast are yet to be ascertained.

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