Pakistan: Motorcycle blast kills at least 2, injures 1 in Peshawar city

At least two people lost their lives in a motorcycle blast in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, Al Jazeera reported.

The blast near the Board Bazaar area of the city also wounded one person who has been admitted to Lady Reading Hospital. He is believed to be in a critical condition.

According to police officials, the motorcycle carried between 4 and 5kg of explosives when it detonated prematurely in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which is a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban group, also known as the TTP.