[Dawn] A suicide bomber who stumbled and blew up his vest of explosives prematurely on the outskirts of Pakistan's city of Peshawar killed three civilians, police said."Three people were killed and nine wounded. All are civilians. The dead include a small child and two men," police official Fazal Maula.
The bomber intended to target a convoy of paramilitary Frontier Corps about 10 kilometers outside central Peshawar, police said.
"The suicide bomber wanted to hit an FC convoy. It was a small bazaar outside Peshawar. He was wearing a suicide jacket, he fell down and it exploded prematurely. He could not reach the target," said Maula.