PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – Two alleged terrorists were killed on Sunday morning and a third was injured in a blast in the Board Bazar on the Nasir Bagh Road here.
According to police, they were carrying explosives riding a motorcycle when it went off, killing the two on the spot and injuring their pillion.
Rescue 1122 staff reached the site soon after the blast and removed the dead and the injured to Khyber Teaching Hospital.
SSP Operations Kashif Aftab Abbasi said that they were carrying 4 to 5 kilograms explosives. No evidence of suicide attack was found, he added.
According to the SSP, it was not a planned terrorist activity. Investigators believe the explosion occurred during transfer of material, he continued.
No group has so far claimed responsibility of the blast.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the blast in Peshawar. He condoled with the bereaved families and ordered the best medical aid to the injured.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemned the blast and sought a report from the inspector general of police.