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Blast in medicine market

Bureau Report 2014-10-17
PESHAWAR: A bomb blast took place outside a shop in the medicines market at Sikandarpura in Peshawar city on Thursday evening.

An official of the local police said that majority of the shops were closed in the area and the blast occurred at a time when the people had left their workplaces. `No one was injured,` an official told this correspondent on phone.

He said that personnel of the bomb disposal unit had been called to ascertain weight of the explosives used in the blast. He said that it seemed to be an extortion-related incident. He said that investigators were busy collecting evidence about any possibility of personal enmity.

`We haven`t yet registered a case because the officials are inspecting the crime scene, the official said.