PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A bomb attack on a busy roadside killed at least two people and wounded 21 others in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, police said.
Violence has spiked in Pakistan in recent weeks ahead of national polls on May 11 with more than 50 people killed in attacks since April 11, according to an AFP tally.
The blast took place at Peshawar's Jehangir Abad neighbourhood on Arbab Road close to a police vehicle and also damaged a passing bus.
"At least two people were killed in the bomb blast," local police official Mohammad Faisal told AFP.
"A police vehicle was the apparent target but a bus passing close to it suffered the most damage," he said.
Hospital officials confirmed the death toll and said that 21 other people were wounded. (AFP)
