19 persons died and more than 40 injured in a blast.

by Asifjaved    June 08, 2012

 Peshawar: At least 19 persons were died and 40 others were sustained injuries on a Friday in a powerful blast in the outskirts of Peshawar.

The explosion went off in the area of Dawoodzai, when civil secretariat bus was traveling from Peshawar to Charsada.

The bus was carrying 40 government employees and the blast took place. In the result 19 persons were died and 40 others were wounded.

The injured persons were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) and Charsada Hospital. The LRH Medical Superintendent Rahim Ullah Jan talking to media and confirmed that 11 bodies and Charrsada Hospital administration confirmed that 8 bodies have been received. 

After the blast Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told reporters that the explosion was planted under the bus. He said that we can’t say yet that how many government employees were private passengers were killed in this blast.

The police officials confirmed that 19 persons including seven women and a child were died and more than 40 were injured.

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