The death toll in a blast in Peshawar city has increased to 10 while more than 80 are wounded, several of them critically, said officials. A bomb weighing 60kg being planted in car, which had been parked outside a cinema, exploded with a huge bang in Khyber Bazaar of Peshawar, capital of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). According to the provincial information minister, Iftikhar Hussain, the blast killed ten people including three Afghan nationals and wounded over 80 others.Police sources told KUNA that several of the wounded including children were in critical condition and there was fear of further rise in the death toll. The target of blast was cinema.
The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Safwat Ghauor said that security has been tightened in the city and ruled out any threats being given to the Cinema owners. Pakistani leadership has strongly condemned the attack and termed it cowardice and inhuman act of terrorism.