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12 killed, 30 injured in Peshawar blast
Tue, 01 Jan 2008
ANI
Peshawar, Sept 6 (ANI): Twelve people were killed and at least 30 injured in a bomb blast on the outskirts of Peshawar in Pakistan on Saturday, when the explosion ripped through a security check post in a market area.
The blast took place on Kohat road, near Badaber area, and destroyed more than 15 vehicles, according to Dawn Television.
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Shortly after the blast local Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
The terrorists had targeted a police check post, and the resultant blast destroyed two markets.
Eyewitnesses were quoted as saying that a person driving a double-cabin pickup exploded his vehicle near the check post.
The injured have been shifted to Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar. (ANI)
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