PESHAWAR: One person died, three others injured in bomb blast near Hayatabad on Ring Road in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday evening.
The incident took place near a hotel on the Ring Road in the provincial capital.
The police officials reached the site following the blast and cordoned off the area. “The blast took place after a bomb planted in motorcycle exploded. We are gathering information on the nature of the blast. Initial reports suggest that the blast took place when the motorcycle was being repaired,” the police said.
The bomb disposal squad (BDS) had also been summoned to the incident site.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Cantt Waqas Rafiq said that one person died in the blast and three people sustained injuries. The casualties were moved to the hospital, he added.
According to him, the blast occurred due to a bomb planted in a parked motorcycle. The owner of the motorcycle in among the injured.
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