At least 12 people, including two children, were killed and more than 50 injured as a result of a high intensity car bomb explosion at a bus stand on Peshawar’s Kohat Road on Thursday.
The explosion led to the destruction of more than a dozen passenger coaches and other vehicles.
Condition of several of the injured was said to be in danger and officials and doctors feared an increased number of casualties. Per details, the explosion occurred in a car parked close to passenger coaches at the bus stand. The part of the bus terminal where the explosion occurred was reserved for buses running between Peshawar and Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan Agency. Officials confirmed that it was a car bombing.
According to Shafqat Malik, the assistant inspector general of the Bomb Disposal Squad, around 45 kilogrammes of explosives were used in the bomb, which was detonated with a remote control. However, it remains to be ascertained whether the target was the passengers at the terminal.
Police said 34 injured people had been admitted to Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar and 31 to City Hospital on Kohat Road. Soon after the explosion, senior civil and police officials rushed to the area to supervise rescue activities. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the explosion so far.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced to pay compensation to the heirs of those killed and injured in the attack.
12 killed in Peshawar car bombing
