Explosion in Pakistan's Peshawar kills two, wounds several

Army soldiers, police officers and rescue workers gather at the site of a suicide attack near a paramilitary force vehicle in Peshawar, Pakistan July 18, 2023. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suicide attack blast near a paramilitary force vehicle wounded several peopled and killed the attacker in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, police officials said, while a separate "martyr" was also killed, a high-ranking police official said.

Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan, a newly founded jihadist group, claimed responsibility for the attack.