PESHAWAR: Thirteen people were wounded when a small bomb fitted with a timer exploded outside a grocery shop in a busy market in the city of Peshawar on Thursday, police said.
The bomb was packed in an oil canister and placed outside the shop in the city's popular Rampura Market, local police officer Javed Khan said.
"The blast left thirteen people wounded, one of them seriously," he said, adding that it also damaged two shops and one vehicle parked nearby.
The wounded were labourers or passers-by, the policeman said.
The chief of the local bomb disposal squad, Shafqat Malik, said it was a home-made timed device. It carried about three to four kilos (6.5 to nine pounds) of explosives, he said.
The target seemed to be the grocery shop, senior police officer Tahir Ayub told AFP. "We are investigating why this shop was targeted," he said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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