A powerful explosion has killed
at least 37 people in Peshawar , Pakistan ,
where authorities say they suspect a car bomb was detonated in a market
district near a police station. The explosion left a scene of devastation, with
casualties and severe damage to nearby buildings in the city's historic Qissa
Khawani market.
It followed a smaller explosion,
according to Pakistan 's Dawn.com. Citing a local bomb disposal expert,
the news site reports that after a bomb that resembled a grenade exploded, a
car that was laden with about 200
kilograms (440
pounds ) of explosives was detonated by a remote
detonator.
The blast killed at least 37
people, a local government official tellsthe Agence France-Presse. The news
agency says a doctor at a nearby hospital confirmed the tally, saying that
more than 90 were hurt. "He said the dead included two women and six
children aged five to nine," the AFP reports.
The attack comes one week after
churchgoers were killed in a double bombing at a historic church in Peshawar ,
and just two days after an explosion on a bus killed at least 17 government
workersnear the city.
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