PESHAWAR: At least two people were killed and eight others injured in a suicide blast occurred near Frontier Constabulary (FC) vehicle in Peshawar’s Hayatabad area, Peshawar Police reported.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Peshawar Cantt Waqas said that the eight injured persons including 6 FC personnel and two civilians were shifted to the nearby hospital.
Peshawar SSP Operations Haroon Rasheed confirmed that eight people were injured in the blast attack that targeted the paramilitary forces vehicle in capital metropolis.
According to the Police, two injured are in serious condition.
Rescue, fire brigades and ambulances reached the blast site and carried out rescue operation.
Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan, a newly founded jihadist group, claimed responsibility for the attack.
“One martyr, seven injured but all stable,” the high ranking official said, on condition of anonymity.
Medical director of the Hayatabad Medical Complex, professor Shehzad Akbar Khan, confirmed that the hospital received two people who were wounded by the explosion and that both were in stable condition. He said the remaining injured were taken to another hospital, CMH.
The explosion was a suicide attack that hit a vehicle of the paramilitary Frontier Corps in Peshawar, police said.
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