A suicide blast took place near security forces’ vehicle in Peshawar’s Hayatabad area, police said on Tuesday. As per initial reports, at least 10 people including seven security men were injured in the explosion.
At least 10 people were injured in a blast in Peshawar’s Hayatabad area on Tuesday, police said, adding that the target of the attack was a convoy of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC).
Footage being broadcast on television shows a crowd of people on the road where the blast purportedly took place. The charred remains of a vehicle can be seen in the distance.
It was an attack on an FC convoy that was moving through Hayatabad’s phase 6, said Cantt Superintendent of Police (SP) Waqas Rafi while speaking to the media near the site of the blast.
In his media talk, he said “we are looking into the matter and collecting further details. The area has been cordoned off”.
“We will get to the bottom of this matter, and the culprits involved in the incident will be exposed,” he pledged.
