A bomb ripped through a passenger vehicle parked at a bus terminal near Peshawar on Sunday, killing six people and wounding 11 others, police said. The bomb was planted at the terminal near a market in Matani, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Peshawar, senior police officer Kalam Khan said.
"We have reports that six people were killed and 11 wounded," Khan told AFP. He said the injured had been rushed to the hospital in Peshawar where the condition of one woman was critical.
"It appears to be a remote controlled bomb placed in a passenger vehicle waiting to leave for a rural area," Peshawar police chief Mohammad Ijaz said, adding that three other vehicles were also damaged.
He quoted witnesses as saying a man boarded the vehicle and left after leaving a package inside, telling people that he would be back soon. Shortly afterwards a huge blast ripped through the vehicle. The casualties were mostly among the passengers, he added.
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