Blast in Peshawar cantonment; 11 killed, 11 injured

PESHAWAR: An apparent car suicide bomb blast killed 11 people and injured at least another 10 in the Peshawar cantonment area on Friday.

pesh_carbomb_Ap608 Speaking to media at the scene of the blast, NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar confirmed the attack as a suicide car bomb blast.

‘A suicide bomber was in the car that was blown up near two checkposts, one belong to army and another to the CIA,’ Mian Iftikhar said.

Iftikhar said the number of people killed in the blast was 11.

‘I can tell you that 11 people have lost their lives in the attack of which three were policemen,’ he added.

According to DawnNews, the explosion took place at approximately 1:00 pm in the vicinity of a mosque, an army check-post and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) building.

The injured are being shifted to the Lady Reading hospital and several other hospitals across the city where emergency has been declared.

Of the ten injured people shifted to the Lady Reading hospital, six were security personnel, while one police soldier has lost his life.

Witnesses told DawnNews that schoolbags could be seen lying around and schoolchildren are feared to among those injured in the attack.

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