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Friday 23 October 2009

Bomb Blast in Peshawar's Hayatabad District

15 have been injured, in this blast just outside the Swan restaurant used for weddings and functions. The Hayatabad area is a residential district.

Meanwhile, SSP Peshawar said 50-60 kilograms of explosives was used in the blast.

On Tuesday, two bombs were found by police by a girls' school in Peshawar.

Elsewhere, in Mohmand Agency, Geo News reports

Updated at: 1420 PST, Friday, October 23, 2009 MOHMAND AGENCY: Eighteen people have been killed when a bus hit a landmine in tehsil Lakro of Mohmand Agency, FC sources said. Women and children are also among the deceased.

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