PESHAWAR: Twin blasts near the Qissa Khawani market in Peshawar
on Sunday killed 31 people and wounded more than 70 others, DawnNews
reported.
The blasts, which took place at 11am in the morning, set at least eight shops and surrounding vehicles aflame. The first blast was relatively smaller, and has been likened to a hand grenade. The second was much stronger and more destructive.
There was terror amongst the people in the area, who were helping each other out.
Police suspect that the second blast was a car bomb.
The wounded were initially being shifted to the hospital by the people in the area. They also include women and children.
According to a correspondent, five to six women who had been in the market with their children were completely burned as a result. He also added that no security had been present in the area at the time of the blast.
Minister of Health Shaukat Yusufzai stated that the Peshawar Police Station was the main target of the two blasts.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has also condemned the blast as an act of terror.
An emergency was declared in Lady Reading Hospital after the blast.
A heavy infiltration of security forces and rescue teams was dispatched to the area.
The people in the area were terror-struck, which caused hinderance in the security forces' efforts to get them to evacuate.
The blasts took place exactly a week after twin sucide attacks in a church in Peshawar claimed 80 lives. This is the third attack in Peshawar in a week.
Source: Dawn News
The blasts, which took place at 11am in the morning, set at least eight shops and surrounding vehicles aflame. The first blast was relatively smaller, and has been likened to a hand grenade. The second was much stronger and more destructive.
There was terror amongst the people in the area, who were helping each other out.
Police suspect that the second blast was a car bomb.
The wounded were initially being shifted to the hospital by the people in the area. They also include women and children.
According to a correspondent, five to six women who had been in the market with their children were completely burned as a result. He also added that no security had been present in the area at the time of the blast.
Minister of Health Shaukat Yusufzai stated that the Peshawar Police Station was the main target of the two blasts.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has also condemned the blast as an act of terror.
An emergency was declared in Lady Reading Hospital after the blast.
A heavy infiltration of security forces and rescue teams was dispatched to the area.
The people in the area were terror-struck, which caused hinderance in the security forces' efforts to get them to evacuate.
The blasts took place exactly a week after twin sucide attacks in a church in Peshawar claimed 80 lives. This is the third attack in Peshawar in a week.
Source: Dawn News
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