Blast in Pakistani city of Peshawar kills 14


  • World
  • Sunday, 30 Jun 2013

(Reuters) - Fourteen people were killed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Sunday when a powerful roadside bomb attack narrowly missed a passing convoy of security forces but ravaged a busy market area, police said.

Two paramilitary personnel riding with the convoy were wounded but the brunt of the blast was borne by passers-by in the tense Badhber neighbourhood of Peshawar, a frequent scene of attacks on the police and army by Pakistan's Taliban militants.

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