PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-filled car Saturday at a police checkpoint in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least seven people, officials said.
'At least seven people have been killed and more than 20 others wounded,' Peshawar police chief Liaqat Ali Khan told AFP.
'There are two policemen among the dead,' Khan said.
Peshawar district administration chief Sahibzada Anis said that the bomber detonated when policemen asked him to stop for the search.
'A suicide bomber exploded his car when police tried to search his car at a checkpoint at a big crossing at the outskirts of Peshawar,' Anis said.
Senior police official Mohammad Alim Shinwari also said that it was a suicide bombing.
Live television footage showed a huge cloud of smoke above the Pushta Khara neighbourhood of Peshawar and the wreckage of several cars.LINK
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