A policeman inspects the blast site in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar on March 10, 2024. Two people were killed and another injured on Sunday morning in a blast near a market in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city, rescue service reported. (Photo by Umar Qayyum/Xinhua)
ISLAMABAD, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and another injured on Sunday morning in a blast near a market in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city, rescue service reported.
The blast took place early in the morning on Nasir Bagh road near Board Bazaar, a local market in Peshawar, the capital city of the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, resulting in casualties, Bilal Ahmad Faizi, public relations officer of the state-run Rescue 1122 of KP told Xinhua.
Immediately following the attack, rescue workers reached the site and shifted the victims to a local hospital, he added.
The blast was triggered by explosives on a motorcycle in the morning and police were collecting evidence, police told media.
A heavy contingent of police has reached the site and cordoned off the area for investigation, according to the local media.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. ■
