PESHAWAR: A bomb placed near a bus stop killed 10 people including two women and a child in Kohat on Sunday, police said, adding 14 more were injured.
The bomb went off in the city of Kohat in the troubled province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Police said around five kilogrammes (11 pounds) of explosive were planted in a cooking oil container and placed near the bus stop in the city centre before being detonated remotely.
"After getting the latest reports from the hospitals where the dead bodies and injured were taken, we can now confirm that 10 people have been killed and 14 others are injured," district police chief Salim Khan Marwat told AFP.
The bomb exploded near police and other government offices. It was also close to a busy marketplace and an area where many minority Shiite Muslims live.
But authorities said it was too early to comment on the possible target.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.
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