PESHAWAR: Two people were killed and 13 others sustained injuries when a vehicle blew up with a loud blast at Shoba Chowk here on Thursday,
The gas cylinder of the vehicle blew up and caused the blast, Senior Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bashir Ahmed Bilour confirmed.
The injured and dead were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital.
Fire erupted after the blast and was successfully extinguished by fire fighters.
Police and bomb disposal squad reached the blast site while the law enforcement agencies’ personnel have cordoned off the area.
The gas cylinder of the vehicle blew up and caused the blast, Senior Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bashir Ahmed Bilour confirmed.
The injured and dead were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital.
Fire erupted after the blast and was successfully extinguished by fire fighters.
Police and bomb disposal squad reached the blast site while the law enforcement agencies’ personnel have cordoned off the area.
