PESHAWAR (AA) – At least ten people were killed and 25 others wounded when a blast rocked a bus carrying government employees in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, hospital sources told Anadolu Agency.
The blast rocked the bus while en route to drop the civil servants at Charsaddah road.
Provincial police chief Nasir Durrani, however, said ten people were killed in the explosion.
Some 60 to 70 employees were onboard when the bomb, which was planted in rear portion of the bus, went off.
Women were among those killed and wounded in the explosion.
No group has so far claimed the responsibility for the blast.
The death toll of the blast is likely to rise as some of the injured are in precarious condition.
by Aamir Latif
