19 killed, 40 injured in Peshawar bus explosion

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19 killed, 40 injured in Peshawar bus explosion

PESHAWAR: At least 19 people were killed and 40 others were injured when a powerful bomb ripped through a bus carrying government employees and private passengers in Gulbela area on the Charsadda Road in the jurisdiction of Daudzai Police Station, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported on 8 June, 2012.

Senior Superintendent of Police said that more than 60 people were on the Charsadda-bound bus when the bomb went off in Gulbela, located around 20 kilometres from the Peshawar city.

T ahir said eight to 10 kilograms of explosives had been used in the bomb planted in the bus.

DND