Security personnel examine the blast site in Peshawar, Pakistan, on July 18, 2023. Eight people were injured when a blast hit a vehicle of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday afternoon, rescue teams and police said. (Str/Xinhua)
ISLAMABAD, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Eight people were injured when a blast hit a vehicle of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday afternoon, rescue teams and police said.
The vehicle was passing by a densely populated area in the provincial capital of Peshawar when it was attacked, a non-government rescue organization Edhi Foundation said.
Revealing initial investigation, police sources who cordoned off the site following the explosion told Xinhua that a suicide bomber blew himself up near the vehicle, injuring the troops and passersby.
However, the police did not officially confirm the nature of the attack yet.
The injured people were shifted to a nearby hospital, where two of them are in critical condition, the state-run Rescue 1122 said in a statement.
No group has claimed the attack yet.
Further investigation into the incident is underway, said police. ■
Ambulances arrive at the blast site in Peshawar, Pakistan, on July 18, 2023. Eight people were injured when a blast hit a vehicle of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday afternoon, rescue teams and police said. (Str/Xinhua)
Security personnel examine the blast site in Peshawar, Pakistan, on July 18, 2023. Eight people were injured when a blast hit a vehicle of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday afternoon, rescue teams and police said. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)
Security personnel stand guard at the blast site in Peshawar, Pakistan, on July 18, 2023. Eight people were injured when a blast hit a vehicle of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday afternoon, rescue teams and police said. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)
A member of security forces stands guard at the blast site in Peshawar, Pakistan, on July 18, 2023. Eight people were injured when a blast hit a vehicle of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday afternoon, rescue teams and police said. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)
