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Explosion in northern Pakistani city wounds over four people
ISLAMABAD, March 26 (KUNA) -- Four persons including an official of a
political party were wounded in a loud motorcycle bomb explosion in a northern
Pakistani city on Monday, said police and witnesses.
A time-bomb attached to a stolen motorcycle exploded with a huge bang near
Green Hotel in the Sadar area of Peshawar city, 250 kilometers north of
Islamabad, police sources told KUNA.
A witness, Shehreyar Yousuf, said explosion tore motorcycle into several
parts and shattered window panes of the hotel and an adjacent bank buildings
and several nearby shops.
He said the vehicle of Secretary of Awami National Party (ANP), Aqil Shah,
was also caught in the explosion. Including Aqil Shah, a bank bodyguard, hotel
owner and a passer-by were seriously injured, he added.
It was not immediately known whether the target was ANP secretary Aqil
Shah. Police terming it a terrorist act said investigations have been launched.
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