Peshawar: At least six people including two women have been injured in a blast in Sadar Kali Bhari area of the provincial capital, Geo News reported on Saturday.
The police said the explosion was caused by an explosive device planted in a vehicle.
The vehicle was completely destroyed in the blast that was so loud that it shattered the windowpanes of nearby buildings.
A large number of security personnel were dispatched to the area which has been cordoned off .
Rescuers said the injured have been shifted to a hospital for treatment.
AFP adds
A car bomb injured six people , with the blast ripping through multiple storefronts.
Police said a 10 kilogramme improvised explosive device (IED) was fitted to a car parked in the Saddar area of the city.
"It was an IED explosion and the explosive material was fitted inside the vehicle," Peshawar city police chief Qazi Jamil-ur-Rehman told AFP.
He said all six injured, including two women, were in a stable condition.
"All of the vehicle had blown up and only (its) engine part remained intact," said local bomb disposal squad chief Shafqat Malik.
At least three stores were damaged by the bomb´s impact.
Security in Peshawar improved in the region in recent years, though low-level attacks are still carried out with devastating regularity.
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