Islamabad, April 29 (IANS) Six people were killed and 38 wounded Monday when a suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle loaded with explosives into a bus in Peshawar, police said.
The suicide bombing took place on University Road, close to a police vehicle, Geo TV reported.
“At least six people were killed and 38 others were wounded in the bomb blast,” a police officer said.
An earlier report had put the toll at three.
“The commissioner, who passed just a minute before on the road, was the target of the bombing, but he escaped unhurt as the bomber missed the target and struck his motorcycle into a passenger bus,” a police officer was quoted as saying.
The suicide bomber’s body parts were found at the blast site.
Officials estimated the explosives weighed up to six kg.
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