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No American killed in Peshawar blast: US embassy

Dunya News

Earlier, Provincial Information Minister said that two Americans were among dead in suicide blast,

The US embassy in Islamabad Monday denied reports that two Americans had been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Pakistans northwestern city of Peshawar.An embassy spokesman said they had no reports of any Americans killed in the blast, after provincial information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said two had died.The blast killed two Americans. This is a dangerous move from the terrorists -- they want to terrorise the foreigners, Mian Iftikhar Hussain told AFP, adding that two Americans were also wounded in the blast.Police have recovered a half-burnt US passport from a car badly damaged in the blast, officials said.The blast took place near residential quarters for the US consulate and foreign aid organisations, senior police officer Tahir Ayub said, adding that at least five people were killed.The car targeted was a US consulate vehicle, one intelligence official said.