Bomb Blast in Charsada - Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A police officer says a bomb near a crowded market in northwest Pakistan has killed at least five people.
The bombing is the third attack in as many days in or close to Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.
Police officer Maazullah Khan says Tuesday's bombing in Charsada city also wounded at least 20 people. The city is some 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Peshawar.
Local TV footage showed a destroyed car and several badly damaged stalls and shops. Ambulances ferried the dead and injured to the hospital along roads littered with debris.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — A police official says an explosion has rocked a crowded intersection in a northwest Pakistani city and casualties are feared.
The suspected bombing would be the third attack in as many days in or close to Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.
Police official Mudasar Khan says Tuesday's blast in Charsada city caused panic and threw up huge clouds of dust in the air. The city is some 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Peshawar
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