Huge Blast In Peshawar Pakistan, Several Killed

October 9, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News  
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At least 30 people have been killed in a suspected bomb blast near a market in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, witnesses and officials say. The bomb is reported to have been on board a minibus.

Several people have also been injured, reports said.

Officials said that a vehicle laden with explosives had been detonated and destroyed near Peshawar’s Khyber Bazaar.

Friday’s explosion was the latest in a series of recent bombings across north-western Pakistan.

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