Eight injured in Peshawar blast

Published November 24, 2008

PESHAWAR A bomb blast injured at least eight people Monday at an Imam Bargah in Peshawar, officials said.

 

The bomb, planted inside the Imam Bargah in the crowded neighbourhood of Hashtnagri, went off just after evening prayers, they said.
 
Eight people are injured in the bomb blast, area police official Saleem Khan told AFP.
 
Doctors at Peshawars main Lady Reading hospital said that the victims were in a stable condition.
 
Provincial police chief Malik Naveed said that it was a low-intensity blast.
 
The bomb was planted in a room where the custodian of the mosque was sitting with some guests, Naveed said.

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