9 killed 10 hurt in Peshawar bus blast
Many shops were damaged in the blast that took place in a passage coach near Matni Bazar.
PESHAWAR, (Dunya News) - A bomb exploded on a bus in Peshawar city on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding ten others.
“At least nine passengers have been killed and seven injured. Bomb disposal officials told me that it was a timed device," a senior police official said.
The blast took place in a passenger coach near Matni Bazar as a result of which many shops were also destroyed.
According to police, explosive material was placed in a Kohat-bound passenger bus, which exploded near a hospital in Matni Bazaar.
Police have arrested the driver and conductor of the bus and are investigation.
Police cordoned off the area after the incident. The dead and injured were shifted to different hospitals.
PML-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif has expresses deep grief over the loss on innocent lives.
