Around 19 people were killed and 44 others sustained injuries in an explosion inside a van on Charsadda Road, Peshawar, Express News reported on Friday.
The attack targeted a bus of Civil Secretariat employees that was carrying around 30-40 people.
The bomb was placed in the back of the bus.
Injured
Police and rescue officials have reached the area and injured were taken to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) and Charsadda District Headquarters Hospital.
Emergency was declared in LRH after the blast.
Injured were shifted to the hospitals in private cars and ambulances.
Blast
According to the bomb disposal squad (BDS), the bomb contained around six to seven kilogrammes of explosive material and had a timed device attached to it.
The explosion was so intense that it threw the bus far away from the blast site.
Despite police presence in the area, bus parts and other evidences were not collected for investigation and many were taken away by the locals.
Background
Peshawar has been a target of militant attacks for the past decade.
On September 22, a pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a 130-year-old Anglican church in Peshawar, killing at least 81 people in the deadliest attack on Christians in the country.
Last year in June, 19 people were killed and 20 injured in a bomb attack on a Civil Secretariat bus.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Peshawar blast: 19 killed
Around 19 people were killed and 44 others sustained injuries in an explosion inside a van on Charsadda Road, Peshawar, Express News reported on Friday.
The attack targeted a bus of Civil Secretariat employees that was carrying around 30-40 people.
The bomb was placed in the back of the bus.
Injured
Police and rescue officials have reached the area and injured were taken to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) and Charsadda District Headquarters Hospital.
Emergency was declared in LRH after the blast.
Injured were shifted to the hospitals in private cars and ambulances.
Blast
According to the bomb disposal squad (BDS), the bomb contained around six to seven kilogrammes of explosive material and had a timed device attached to it.
The explosion was so intense that it threw the bus far away from the blast site.
Despite police presence in the area, bus parts and other evidences were not collected for investigation and many were taken away by the locals.
Background
Peshawar has been a target of militant attacks for the past decade.
On September 22, a pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a 130-year-old Anglican church in Peshawar, killing at least 81 people in the deadliest attack on Christians in the country.
Last year in June, 19 people were killed and 20 injured in a bomb attack on a Civil Secretariat bus.
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