At least three people including a woman and security personnel have been killed and thirteen others injured in a roadside blast in the provincial capital, on Tuesday.
According to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mushtaq Ghani, the roadside blast targeted Frontier Constabulary (FC) convoy on Peshawar’s Saddar Road, however, nature of the explosion could not be confirmed as yet.
Bomb disposal squad arrived at the site to ascertain nature of the blast as security forces cordoned off the area.
It was not clear whether the convoy was targeted through an explosive-laden vehicle or a suicide blast.
The blast was so powerful that it damaged two vehicles – a rickshaw and a motorbike – and windowpanes of nearby buildings in the area where residents of high military officials are also located.
The injured have been rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital. Two of the injured is said to be in critical condition.
