Bomb blast in Peshawar, 7 killed

Peshawar, November 14: A blast occurred in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Saturday, police said. Reports said 7 people were killed in the blast. Police said a car bomb targeting a security force checkpoint killed seven people in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Police official Irfanullah Khan said the explosive-laden car hit the police checkpoint on the outskirts of the city on Saturday.

Khan said the dead included some police officers. A massive truck bombing at the regional headquarters of Pakistan’s top intelligence agency had killed 10 people in the city on Friday.

—Agencies