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Some four person including a constable were killed while 17 people including the chief accountant of the Press Club injured when a suicide bomber struck the Peshawar Club, Dunya News reported on Tuesday.According to the Dunya News reporter, the suicide bomber tried to enter the Press Club, however, the constable stopped him outside the building where the suicide bomber blew himself up.Police and security enforcement agencies threw cordon around the area immediately after the blast , while the rescue activities are underway.Both legs of the suicide bomber were found. The injured are being shifted to Lady Reading hospital, out of whom many are stated to be in a critical condition. A large number of journalists were present in the Press Club on the time of blast. Meanwhile, the NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain condemned the tragic incident, saying that the attack on the journalist is equal to attack on the nation.
