ALBAWABA - Local officials said that at least two people were killed and another suffered injuries in a suicide blast that took place near the Board Bazaar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Peshawar on Sunday morning.
Rescue 1122 Spokesperson Bilal Faizi confirmed that two people were killed and another one was injured, as reported by Dawn. He said that the dead bodies and wounded were shifted to the Khyber Teaching Hospital.
"According to preliminary and unconfirmed reports, explosives were planted in a motorcycle parked in the area," said the official, who added that police had fenced off the blast site and a rescue operation was ongoing.
According to SSP Operations Kashif Aftab Abbasi, the explosion was a suicide attack. As yet, no militant group has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing.
Speaking to the media, Peshawar Senior Superintendent of Police (Operation) Kashif Aftab Abbasi stated that personnel from the Counter Terrorism Department and other law enforcement agencies had arrived at the scene and were gathering evidence.
"We discovered an almost mutilated body and a damaged motorcycle here," Abbasi added, adding that an inquiry is being conducted to determine the nature of the blast.
In the past year, there has been a rise in terror activities in Pakistan, mainly in KP and Balochistan, since the truce between the prohibited militant Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and the government was interrupted in November 2022.
