Bomb blast in Peshawar bus kills 15, leaves 30 injured

A powerful bomb blast in a bus carrying government employees in Pakistan's Peshawar city left at least 15 people dead and 30 others injured. The incident happened when a bomb placed inside the bus exploded and the bus was packed with government employees who had reached Peshawar from Mardan.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 16 March 2016.

The bomb had exploded when the private bus was on Sunehri Masjid Road and was taking civil secretariat employees for duty. The bus had 50 people on board at the time of the explosion and two women and a child were among the dead. At least 30 people were injured in the blast.
The blast had been triggered by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted inside the bus and, it is estimated that about 8-Kg of explosives were used in blast. The roof of the bus had blown off and people are being pulled out after cutting the damaged portion.
The injured have been shifted to nearby Lady Reading hospital and the condition of a majority of those injured was stated to be critical. Eight of them have been admitted in ICU.
Peshawar is home to the XI Corps which is an administrative corp of the Pakistan Army. It manages all military activity in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and is, at present, engaged in a full-blown operation against militants in North Waziristan.


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