Six people, including two women, were injured on Saturday in a blast in Kala Bari market located in the Saddar area of Peshawar, according to sources at the Lady Reading Hospital, where the wounded were shifted.
All six injured were in a stable condition, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Peshawar Qazi Jamil said.
At least three stores were damaged by the bomb’s impact. The area was cordoned off by security forces after the explosion.
Jamil said that about eight to 10 kilogrammes of explosive material was used in the blast. The material was planted in a car, he added.
“It was an IED (improvised explosive device) explosion and the explosive material was fitted inside the vehicle,” he said. Bomb Disposal Unit chief Shafqat Malik agreed that it was an IED explosion. “All of the vehicle had blown up and only (its) engine part remained intact,” he added.
The CCTV footage of the blast shows an unidentified man parking and exiting the said vehicle before wrapping himself in a shawl. The explosion takes place as he walks out of the frame.
The blast was the first of 2019 in the provincial capital. The last IED explosion took place in October, which left a civilian and a paramilitary soldier injured.
Published in Daily Times, January 6th 2019.
