5 dead, 26 injured in suicide blast in Peshawar in Pakistan
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At least five people were killed and 26 others seriously injured in a suicide attack Thursday in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.
Police said it was a suicide blast in which five people including a policeman were killed.
The wounded were to reading-Dame Hospital (LRH) and Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for medical treatment, where five of them are in critical condition and the death toll in May higher postponed.
The aim of the bombers was not clear, because it is one of the busiest areas of Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province.
However, police officer in Peshawar, Liaquat Ali Khan said that the goal of suicide expanded on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
NWFP Senior Minister Bashir Bilour visited the site of the explosion and confirmed it was a suicide.
"We never bow to his will with these fighters, fighting until we completely eliminated," he said.
Awase Ahmad Ghani Governor NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti and central president of the Awami National Party Asfandyar Wali Khan has loudly condemned the blast and said it is not a religion of extremism, because it targets innocent people.
