ISLAMABAD: A blast targeting a police van on Jinnah Park road near Peshawar’s Jinnah Park in Pakistan injured at least nine people on Thursday.
Security and emergency teams rushed to the site, Pakistani media reported. Nine vehicles, including the targeted police van, were damaged in the blast.
The bomb was either planted or was magnetically attached to the mobile van, adding that the bomb disposal squad had confirmed the use of half a kilogram of explosive material used in the making of the device, security officials said.
No police personnel were injured in the blast, they added.
Earlier Tuesday , at least one person was killed and three others were injured when explosives planted in an open field blew up on the outskirts of Peshawar .
A police official at the local police station initially confirmed that four people were wounded by the explosion in the Achini Meira area, Dawn.com reported. (QNA)
